Exhibition Overview
Despite innumerable personal tragedies while she was working on Silent Spring - she was seriously ill, a niece died and left a young son whom she adopted, her mother died, and she learned she had cancer - Carson produced a book that would take on a life of its own. It was a best-seller for a year and was translated into many languages. As Esquire magazine wrote, "The book that her efforts resulted in was about the spraying and what it did to the birds and other creatures. But that does not begin to describe its scope or account for its impact. One might just as well say that Darwin wrote about turtles and the Pacific islands where they were found."
Carson began her career as a biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her financial security and recognition as a gifted writer. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the republished version of her first book, Under the Sea Wind, were also bestsellers. Together, her sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life, from the shores to the surface to the deep sea.
Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries , and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her a U.S. National Book Award , recognition as a gifted writer, and financial security. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea , and the reissued version of her first book, Under the Sea Wind , were also bestsellers. This sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life from the shores to the depths.
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