Break the Silence
January 06, 2008
8:00 am
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(Breaking the Silende, a tribute to Rachel Carson by Priscilla Coit Murphy, Ph.D., an independent scholar and author of "What a Book Can Do: The Publication and Reception of Silent Spring." She has taught in the schools of journalism, government and library science at UNC-Chapel Hill.)
(Breaking the Silende, a tribute to Rachel Carson by Priscilla Coit Murphy, Ph.D., an independent scholar and author of "What a Book Can Do: The Publication and Reception of Silent Spring." She has taught in the schools of journalism, government and library science at UNC-Chapel Hill.)
CHAPEL HILL - Today marks Rachel Carson's 100th birthday. Various tributes around the country will honor this remarkable author, naturalist, environmentalist pioneer and archetypal strong woman.
The word "legacy" will be used regularly, perhaps referring to a love of sea life engendered by her best-sellers, "The Sea Around Us" and "The Edge of the Sea." North Carolina can certainly claim a part of that legacy, for it was at Beaufort that Carson first discovered her own deep response to the ocean; and thereafter she paid several visits to Nags Head and other North Carolina beaches for work and for rest.
Her most well-known legacy, however, came from her 1962 book "Silent Spring," which explored potential ecological hazards of chemical pesticide abuse, as the springboard for 20th century popular environmentalism. Read more www.newsobserver.com/opinion/columns/story/581606.html
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