Rachel Carson (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Kathleen V. Kudlinski
- First Published: 1988
- Time of Work: 1907–1964
- Setting: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Maine
- Principal Characters: Rachel Carson, Marie McLean Carson, Mary Scott Skinker, Elmer Higgins, Bob Hines
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Science or scientists, Writing, Ecology, Environment or environmental health, Biography, Biology or biologists, Natural history
- Locales: Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Maryland, Maine
Form and Content
In Rachel Carson: Pioneer of Ecology, Kathleen V. Kudlinski has created a short biography whose purpose is to introduce younger readers to Carson’s life and career. Kudlinski tells her subject’s story in eight concise chapters that divide Carson’s life into a series of significant episodes. An afterword explains the author’s admiration for Carson and informs readers of the type of research that Kudlinski used to guide her work.
The account opens with the story of the seven-year-old Carson, who early in her life loved nature and learned to...
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