"The Edge of the Sea." Typescript of partial draft, Undated

File — Box: 1

Identifier: MC041/03.01

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Sub-Series:

Includes typed manuscript of part of The Edge of the Sea; an early outline of work that became Silent Spring; four draft chapters of Silent Spring; and two other works: "The Treasure Chest of Favorite Sea Books" and "Poetry and the Sea." Both The Edge of the Sea and Silent Spring were serialized in the New Yorker, August 20 & 27, 1955 and June 16, 23, & 30 respectively. These five issues are housed in this sub-series as well as other articles published by Rachel Carson in the Atlantic, Johns Hopkins Magazine, and others.

Dates

Undated

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