The story
The unassuming ranch house where Rachel Carson wrote 'Silent Spring' and launched the modern environmental movement.
Everything that was here
- 1956–1964
Rachel Carson HouseHistoric Site
The unassuming ranch house where Rachel Carson wrote 'Silent Spring' and launched the modern environmental movement.
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