| Description |
1 audio disc (59 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Broadcast by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in association with Radio Smithsonian; originally broadcast on Public Radio International. |
| System Details |
Audio Compact disc. |
| Performer |
Host, George Liston Seay ; guest, Linda Lear. |
| Event |
Program #451 broadcast week: August 17-23, 1998 ; Program #452 broadcast week August 24-30, 1998. |
| Summary |
Program #451 : Title: Remembering Rachel Carson. Biographer Linda Lear portrays the early years of Rachel Carson. She discusses her childhood in rural Pennsylvania, her preference for the natural over the artificial and her poetic gift. |
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Program 452 : Title: Remembering Rachel Carson. Linda Lear describes Rachel Carson's last years and her enduring legacy. Discusses how she undertook her most powerful work, Silent Spring and took on both big business and its government allies in her relentless campaign against pesticides. |
| Linking Entry |
This describes one issue from the audio portion of the magazine, Dialogue, created by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and broadcast on both radio and television. |
| Subject |
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.
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Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. |
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Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. Silent spring.
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Biologists -- United States -- Biography.
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Biologists. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Environmentalists. |
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Science writers -- United States -- Biography.
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Science writers. |
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Pesticides -- Environmental aspects.
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Pesticides -- Environmental aspects. |
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Pesticides and wildlife.
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Pesticides and wildlife. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Seay, George Liston.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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Radio Smithsonian.
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Public Radio International.
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| Added Title |
Dialogue (Radio program). 1998. No. 451.
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Dialogue (Radio program). 1998. No. 452.
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| Constituent Unit: |
Dialogue (Radio program) 1998 (OCoLC)39307750 |
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