Manuscript Collections
Bates College: Ladd Library: The Dorothy Freeman C, Rachel Carson Papers, The Lear/Carson Collection at Special Collections,
Sea Around Us, The
IMDb: The Sea Around Us (1952), National Book Award Classics: The Sea Around Us
Silent Spring
21st Century Science and Technology: The Lies of R, Capitalism Magazine: Rachel Carson's Silent S, Center for Global Food Issues: The Cancerous Legac, Competitive Enterprise Institute: Rachel Was Wrong, FrontPage Magazine: Rachel Carson's Ecologica, National Resources Defense Council: The Story of &, National Wildlife: How Rachel Carson Helped Save t, New York Times: There's Poison All Around Us , Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science a, Rachel Carson
A Science Odyssey: Rachel Carson
Short biography.
BBC Radio 4: Great Lives: Bea Campbell on Rachel
Radio broadcast about Carson's life and work. Audio file, 26:33.
Democracy Now!: Rachel Carson
Carson's 1962 speech before the National Women's Press Club. Audio file (39:25) from the archives of the Pacifica Radio program Democracy Now!
Earth Observatory: On the Shoulders of Giants: Rac
Biography and discussion of the effect of "Silent Spring." From the NASA Web site.
Environmental Protection Agency: Rachel Carson
Carson's life and legacy.
National Humanities Center: Rachel Carson and the
Biographer Linda Lear discusses Carson's role in the modern environmental movement.
New York Times: Obituary
Reports Carson's death in 1964.
Rachel Carson
Her life and legacy. Includes biography, bibliography and Web links.
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Description of the refuge located in Maine and biographical information.
Silent Spring Institute: Rachel Carson and "S
Biography and bibliography.
The Rachel Carson Homestead
Carson's birthplace in Springdale, Pennsylvania. Includes information on Carson's life and works, a history of the homestead and visitor information.
The TIME 100: Rachel Carson
Names her as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
The Washington Post: A Voice for the Wilderness
Book review of Linda Lear's 1997 biography of Carson. Click to read the first chapter of the book.
Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
Online encyclopedia article on the biologist and environmentalist.