Remembering Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring"

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring shocked the American public when it was published in the summer of 1962. Carson hooked readers by describing a fictional town where spring no longer marked the singing of birds, the buzzing of bees, or the laughter of children.

Written by Cody Patton. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. A textual version of this video is available at https://origins.osu.edu/read/world-dr....

Video production by Cody Patton, Laura Seeger, and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle.

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