Books by Rachel Carson

Under the Sea Wind
by Rachel L. Carson
New York, Oxford University Press (1941)
Portrays the special mystery and beauty of the sea in this seamless series of riveting adventures along the Atlantic shore.

The Sea Around Us
by Rachel L. Carson
New York, Oxford University Press (1951)
Winner of the 1952 National Book Award, this book tells the story of the seas; how they were born, how life emerged from them, and the fascinating marine world within them.

The Edge of the Sea
by Rachel L. Carson
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company (1955)
A book about the animals and birds that live beside the sea. Much of the information for the book was gathered from the Maine Coast near Rachel Carson's home.

Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company (1962)
Silent Spring provided some of the first public evidence of how pesticides, used without proper control or knowledge, were poisoning our environment.

The Sense of Wonder
by Rachel Carson, photographs by Charles Pratt
New York, Harper & Row (posthumous, 1965)
A reprint of the essay "Helping your Children to Wonder", first published in Woman's Home Companion magazine, the book urges parents to help and allow children to explore nature.

Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson
by Rachel Carson, edited and introduction by Linda Lear
Boston, Beacon Press (1998)
An anthology of Carson's unpublished writings.

Book list and descriptions are courtesy of the Chatham College Rachel Carson Collection. The Collection includes short stories, essays, and newspaper articles written by Rachel Carson during her studies at the Pennsylvania College for Women, as well as photographs, book reviews and correspondence.

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