Download or read book Up Close: Rachel Carson written by Ellen S. Levine and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-01-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel Carson combined her love of science and writing in her award-winning and controversial book Silent Spring. Revealing the dangers of pesticide use, it brought readers a new awareness of humankind’s contamination of the environment and ultimately led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.