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Rachel Carson's Silent spring [videorecording] / a Peace River Films production for The American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation, WNET/Thirteen and Peace River Films.



Imprint[South Burlington, VT] : WGBH Boston Video, [2008]

Description1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Note: GeneralOriginally broadcast on the television program American experience in 1993.

Abstract:Witness the life of passionate biologist and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and how she exposed the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides by the federal government, and sparked a revolution in environmental policy.



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