{"product_id":"silent-spring-9780618253050","title":"Silent Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eRarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson's Silent Spring did exactly that. The outrcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred the revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. I tis without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarson, Rachel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Rachel Carson (1907-1964) spent most of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By the late 1950s, she had written three lyrical, popular books about the sea, including the best-selling \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Around Us, \u003c\/i\u003e and had become the most respected science writer in America. She completed \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring \u003c\/i\u003eagainst formidable personal odds, and with it shaped a powerful social movement that has altered the course of history.","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604722061586,"sku":"9780618253050","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_22da9a68-4a7b-48b6-9b18-4fdb585188e2.jpg?v=1732263577","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/silent-spring-9780618253050","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}