Remembering Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring"
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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-drenched-pesticides-rachel-carson-silent-spring.
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