Carson spent much of 1958 to 1962 researching and writing the book that would be Silent Spring. She brought a ... In 1969, Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act and the National ...

Rachel Carson is the author of the best-seller “Silent Spring” and “The Sea Around Us,” which won the National Book Award for nonfiction. She was posthumously awarded the Presidential ...

NEW YORK--Karen Tei Yamashita, this year's recipient of a National Book Award for literary achievement, is in some ways a departure from previous winners. The National Book Foundation announced ...