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Rachel Carson

Author : Linda Lear
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 054770755X
Total Pages : 691 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Rachel Carson written by Linda Lear and published by HMH. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative biography of the marine biologist and nature writer whose book Silent Spring inspired the global environmentalist movement. In a career that spanned from civil service to unlikely literary celebrity, Rachel Carson became one of the world’s seminal leaders in conservation. The 1962 publication of her book Silent Spring was a watershed event that led to the banning of DDT and launched the modern environmental movement. Growing up in poverty on a tiny Allegheny River farm, Carson attended the Pennsylvania College for Women on a scholarship. There, she studied science and writing before taking a job with the newly emerging Fish and Wildlife Service. In this definitive biography, Linda Lear traces the evolution of Carson’s private, professional, and public lives, from the origins of her dedication to natural science to her invaluable service as a brilliant, if reluctant, reformer. Drawing on unprecedented access to sources and interviews, Lear masterfully explores the roots of Carson’s powerful connection to the natural world, crafting a “fine portrait of the environmentalist as a human being” (Smithsonian). “Impressively researched and eminently readable . . . Compelling, not just for Carson devotees but for anyone concerned about the environment.” —People “[A] combination of meticulous scholarship and thoughtful, often poignant, writing.” —Science “A sweeping, analytic, first-class biography of Rachel Carson.” —Kirkus Reviews

Chatham College

Author : Laberta Dysart
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428103491
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Chatham College written by Laberta Dysart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chatham College: The First Ninety Years Professor Dysart was educated at the University of Nebraska and at Columbia University, and at Chatham was continuously responsible for courses in ancient and medieval history until her retirement. For her, his tory has been one of the most luminous of the humanities. Though most exacting, her scholarship is one not only of facts but of values as well. She has made history a truly liberating and enlarging experience for genera tions of Chatham students. No one who has taught at Chatham has been more devoted to the col lege. She has always given fully of her time and her energy and her counsel, not only in the course of duty, but frequently with generous voluntary helpfulness. Though not always robust, she has tired herself unsparingly, and this out of a faith in the tradition and meaning of the college that has been inspiring to students and colleagues alike. Her serenity, her kind ness, her generosity spring from a deep inner source, and are no senti mental or professional pose. Her retirement has left all who knew her with a grateful sense of her contribution to the cause to which we are all committed. This volume, with research reaching back over many years, is her tribute to the Chatham she knew and loved. Miss Dysart would not wish this volume to come from the press with out her habitual recognition of the contribution of others who from per sonal memory, family records, and treasured documents have filled out many otherwise sparse sections. Her ultimate thanks will be to the reader who through these pages may come to know Chatham better through greater understanding of its wellsprings. Our thanks, in turn, go to Miss Dysart for providing such a rich opportunity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

On a Farther Shore

Author : William Souder
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307462218
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book On a Farther Shore written by William Souder and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book of 2012 Rachel Carson loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries. But it was with her fourth book, Silent Spring, that this unassuming biologist transformed our relationship with the natural world. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment of DDT and other pesticides that until then had been hailed as safe and wondrously effective. It was Carson who sifted through all the evidence, documenting with alarming clarity the collateral damage to fish, birds, and other wildlife; revealing the effects of these new chemicals to be lasting, widespread, and lethal. Silent Spring shocked the public and forced the government to take action, despite a withering attack on Carson from the chemicals industry. It awakened the world to the heedless contamination of the environment and eventually led to the establishment of the EPA and to the banning of DDT. By drawing frightening parallels between dangerous chemicals and the then-pervasive fallout from nuclear testing, Carson opened a fault line between the gentle ideal of conservation and the more urgent new concept of environmentalism. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, On a Farther Shore reveals a shy yet passionate woman more at home in the natural world than in the literary one that embraced her. William Souder also writes sensitively of Carson's romantic friendship with Dorothy Freeman, and of Carson's death from cancer in 1964. This extraordinary new biography captures the essence of one of the great reformers of the twentieth century.

Squirrel Hill

Author : Squirrel Hill Historical Society
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439661278
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Squirrel Hill written by Squirrel Hill Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Squirrel Hill Historical Society and editor Helen Wilson explore the fascinating history of one of Pittsburgh's historic neighborhoods. Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood began on the frontier of western Pennsylvania 250 years ago and developed into a vibrant urban community. Early settler John Turner, half-brother of renegade Simon Girty, survived capture by Native Americans and experienced firsthand the change from dangerous wilderness to established farming community. As Squirrel Hill developed, the landscape dotted with farms and cottages, inns and taverns, and little shops, over time Pittsburgh's elite began to build mansions in the area, especially after the Civil War; one of these stately manors even became the Pennsylvania Female College in 1869, today known as Chatham University. Wealthy landowners Henry Clay Frick and Mary Schenley bestowed Squirrel Hill its grand public parks . Hyman Little, Herman Kamin and countless others moved to the hill and made it Pittsburgh's premier Jewish community, with a tight knit cluster of synagogues, temples and a thriving business district. Today, Squirrel Hill is still one of the most beautiful and exclusive neighborhoods in Pittsburgh.

Chatham College

Author : Laberta Dysart
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781014180148
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Chatham College written by Laberta Dysart and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine

Author : Charles William Dahlinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine written by Charles William Dahlinger and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Western Pennsylvania History

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
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Download or read book Western Pennsylvania History written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Universities and Colleges

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110850486
Total Pages : 2012 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book American Universities and Colleges written by and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 2012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "American Universities and Colleges".

Writings on American History

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Writings on American History written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois

Author : John Carroll Power
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois written by John Carroll Power and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chatham Village

Author : Angelique Bamberg
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822980703
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Chatham Village written by Angelique Bamberg and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chatham Village, located in the heart of Pittsburgh, is an urban oasis that combines Georgian colonial revival architecture with generous greenspaces, recreation facilities, surrounding woodlands, and many other elements that make living there a unique experience. Founded in 1932, it has gained international recognition as an outstanding example of the American Garden City planning movement and was named a National Historic Landmark in 2005. Chatham Village was the brainchild of Charles F. Lewis, then director of the Buhl Foundation, a Pittsburgh-based charitable trust. Lewis sought an alternative to the substandard housing that plagued low-income families in the city. He hired the New York-based team of Clarence S. Stein and Henry Wright, followers of Ebenezer Howard's utopian Garden City movement, which sought to combine the best of urban and suburban living environments by connecting individuals to each other and to nature. Angelique Bamberg provides the first book-length study of Chatham Village, in which she establishes its historical significance to urban planning and reveals the complex development process, social significance, and breakthrough construction and landscaping techniques that shaped this idyllic community. She also relates the design of Chatham Village to the work of other pioneers in urban planning, including Frederick Law Olmsted Sr., landscape architect John Nolen, and the Regional Planning Association of America, and considers the different ways that Chatham Village and the later New Urbanist movement address a common set of issues. Above all, Bamberg finds that Chatham Village's continued viability and vibrance confirms its distinction as a model for planned housing and urban-based community living.

The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs of Manuscripts, Books and Pictures: Book catalog, A-L

Author : Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs of Manuscripts, Books and Pictures: Book catalog, A-L written by Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs of Manuscripts, Books, and Periodicals: Book catalog, Cham-Education of women K

Author : Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
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Download or read book The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs of Manuscripts, Books, and Periodicals: Book catalog, Cham-Education of women K written by Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

May Day Festivals in America, 1830 to the Present

Author : Allison Thompson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book May Day Festivals in America, 1830 to the Present written by Allison Thompson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting in the early 1830s, American girls and women began to hold Old English May Day festivals, complete with maypole dances, the crowning of a May Queen, and romantic plays and pageants. These festivals accelerated in popularity after 1900 at colleges and universities across the country. An important part of the traditional college experience for many women, the celebrations played a surprisingly influential role in the Progressive reform movement. This thorough history examines the creation and development of the traditional American May Day festival. It also provides an overview of May Day celebrations at 80 specific college and universities, eight of which continue to celebrate the festival annually.

National Union Catalog

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Roy Harris

Author : Dan Stehman
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Roy Harris written by Dan Stehman and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1991-09-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seminal figure in the development of distinctively American concert music, Roy Harris created a large body of compositions in virtually all media in a career spanning more than fifty years, from the 1920s to the 1970s. His fortunes fluctuated widely with the public and critical community. Eclipsed during the 1960s, when his conservative idiom with its strong nationalistic stance was out of vogue, he and his work have gained increased scholarly, performance, and recording interest in recent decades, which have brought to the fore an entire generation of neglected American composers. Documenting and organizing Harris's complex oeuvre is the essential concern of the present book, and the catalogue of works and performances provides information on instrumentation, premieres, publication, and special aspects of each composition. Like the catalog, the discography is the most thorough ever assembled for Harris, and it also includes commentary on features of the recordings. The extensive annotated bibliography includes reference sources, scholarly works, general works, text sources, folksong sources, writings by Harris, and critical reviews. Works, recordings, and bibliography are carefully enumerated, cross-referenced, and indexed. An opening study of Harris's life, works, and style incorporates gleanings from an oral history collection recently made available. This research tool is an essential companion to any critical study of Harris and will provide a firm base on which future such studies can be developed.