Remembering Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring"

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring shocked the American public when it was published in the summer of 1962.

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