Sea and Earth (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Philip Sterling
- First Published: 1970
- Time of Work: 1900–1964
- Setting: Pennsylvania, Maine, Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Rachel Carson, Maria Carson, Roger Carson, Mary Skinker, Elmer Higgins, Dorothy Freeman, Stanley Freeman
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Nature, Authors or writers, Science or scientists, Writing, Biography, Biology or biologists, Natural history
- Locales: Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maine
Form and Content
In Sea and Earth: The Life of Rachel Carson, Philip Sterling puts the life and accomplishments of Carson into the social context of her times. The story begins on June 4, 1963, when Carson was testifying before a Senate subcommittee regarding the use of pesticides. After this brief introductory chapter, Sterling flashes back to 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania, where Carson was born and spent her youth. The Carson acreage, in the lower Allegheny Valley near Pittsburgh, was among the unspoiled areas not yet ravaged by industrial growth. Carson is revealed...
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