Rachel Carson in the Nature Book Guide

Written By Beth Nobles
Image of a seashore with turquoise-green turbulent sky, and a shore of grass and wildflowers. The words Rachel Carson in the Nature Book Guide are superimposed on the sky

Our current SPRING issue of the Nature Book Guide features a two-page spread on books about and by Rachel Carson:

Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, originally published by Houghton Mifflin, 1962/Mariner Books Classics (paperback), 2022, 400 pages. It was recommended by Book Recommendation Panelist, Susan Futrell.

The first page of our two-page spread on Rachel Carson in our Spring 2024 issue.

The Sea Around Us, Rachel Carson, originally published 1951/3rd edition Oxford University Press, 2018, 256 pages. Laura Mills, a member of our Book Recommendation Panel wrote about this in our Spring issue.

The book by Rachel Carson, the Sea Around Us, with a quote from Book Recommendation Panelist, Laura Mills.

Seen: Rachel Carson (True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers), Birdie Willis (Author), Rii Abrego (Illustrator), BOOM! Box, 2021, 80 pages

Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America’s Environment, Robert K. Musil, Rutgers University Press, 2015, 328 pages. It was recommended for inclusion in the Spring issue by Guest Panelist, Susan Shullaw.

Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature, Linda Lear, originally published Henry Holt & Co, 1997/Mariner Books, 2009, 688 pages. It was recommended by panelist, Susan Futrell.

Of course, there are other books about and by Carson, and we’ll feature them in the future.

You can download the issue (always free of charge) via the “Downloads” tab.

Beth Nobles

Beth Nobles-Founder/Editor of Nature Book Guide


As a high school student in the Youth Conservation Corps, Beth built trails and trail bridges in Illinois state parks. Mid-career, she led the Texas Mountain Trail as Executive Director for a decade, and through a partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife, developed the Far West Texas Wildlife Trail and map. Before retiring in 2021, she led the Sand Creek Regional Greenway Partnership, an organization supporting an urban trail along a riparian corridor in the Denver metro area. She's organized countless volunteer opportunities to connect others to science and the outdoors; founding the Nature Book Guide was another effort to do the same.

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