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Rachel Carson's AHA! Moment, Chapter 15 - all chapters at www.bryantwieneke.com

15. Back in Silver Spring, Rachel’s doctor confirmed what she had suspected – the pain in her back and legs was due to the cancer’s...

Rachel Carson's AHA! Moment, Chapter 14 - all chapters at www.bryantwieneke.com/blog

14. Rachel Carson testified to the Senate Committee in early June 1963. Marie and Paul accompanied her and Roger to D.C., and they spent...

Rachel Carson's AHA! Moment, Chapter 13 - all chapters at www.bryantwieneke.com/blog

13. On April 3, 1963, CBS Reports: “The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson” aired on national TV. Rachel was very nervous. She felt as if her...

Rachel Carson's AHA! Moment, chapter 12 - all posts at www.bryantwieneke.com/blog

12. Rachel returned to Silver Spring, and then suddenly, without warning, she experienced excruciating back pain, which her doctors...

Rachel Carson's AHA! Moment, Chapter 11 - all chapters at www.bryantwieneke.com/blog

11. Houghton Mifflin held a party in New York for Rachel in New York two days before publication day in late September 1962. Afterward,...

Rachel Carson's AHA! Moment, Chapter 10 - all chapters at www.bryantwieneke.com/blog

10. As she neared the completion of the book, Rachel Carson read and reread it, looking at it critically and imagining the challenges...

Rachel Carson's AHA! Moment, Chapter 9 - all chapters at www.bryantwieneke.com/blog

9. While most pesticide scares never reached the national media, a very public one occurred in 1959. On November 9 the US. Secretary of...

Rachel Carson's AHA! Moment, Chapter 8 - all chapters at www.bryantwieneke.com/blog

8. Sadly, Rachel’s family situation changed in November 1958, when Maria suffered a stroke. She died a few days later from pneumonia....

Rachel Carson's AHA! Moment, Chapter 7 - all chapters at www.bryantwieneke.com/blog

7. During the day in the Silver Spring house, Rachel rattled around, immersed in her review of the material, with more coming in all the...

Rachel Carson's AHA! Moment, Chapter 6 - all chapters at www.bryantwieneke.com/blog

6. Rachel and Dorothy continued their review. Along with a list of follow-up questions, Rachel put the files in new boxes labeled...

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