Sold – Carson Has an “extremely heavy schedule”

She cannot "undertake any additional speaking engagements for the coming year...”.

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Biologist and author of Silent Spring, which warned in 1962 of the effects of pesticides such as DDT, which were later banned. Hers was the first warning of man-made dangers to the environment, and she is considered the founder of the environmental movement.

Typed Letter Signed on her personal letterhead, April...

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Sold – Carson Has an “extremely heavy schedule”

She cannot "undertake any additional speaking engagements for the coming year...”.

Biologist and author of Silent Spring, which warned in 1962 of the effects of pesticides such as DDT, which were later banned. Hers was the first warning of man-made dangers to the environment, and she is considered the founder of the environmental movement.

Typed Letter Signed on her personal letterhead, April 12, 1963 to Paterson State College. “Thank you for your invitation to speak to the students at Paterson State College next year. I do appreciate your interest, but my extremely heavy schedule has made it impossible for me to undertake any additional speaking engagements for the coming year…” This letter shows that just a year after publication of Silent Spring, she had caught peoples’ ear and was in great demand as a speaker. She died just a year later. An 8 by 10 inch unsigned picture of her is included.

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