Times and Places of Rachel Carson

May 27
1907 -- Rachel is born in Springdale, Pennsylvania

1917 -- Rachel's first story is published in St. Nicholas Magazine

1925-
1929-- Rachel attends Pennsylvania College for Women

1929 -- Rachel sees the ocean for the first time
            The stock market crashes and the Great Depression begins

1941 -- Rachel's first book Under the Sea Wind is published
             Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is bombed

1950 -- The Sea Around Us is published

1951 -- The Sea Around Us receives the National Book Award

1952 -- Under the Sea Wind and The Sea Around Us become bestsellers

1955 -- The Edge of the Sea is published

1962 -- Silent Spring is published

1964 -- Rachel dies of cancer
 

-Springdale, Pennsylvania-
"This is the house that Rachel and her family lived in." -- Vanessa

"Rachel Carson liked looking at nature in a microscope."
                             -- Valerie

"Rachel Carson wrote about nature." -- Nick