The Concord Library

John Elder, series editor

Beacon Press

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Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892

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Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.

Rachel Carson’s writing © 1998 by Roger Allen Christie

Compilation, Introduction, and text (other than Carson’s writing) © 1998 by Linda Lear

All rights reserved

Printed in the United States of America

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Original drawings by Howard Frech for Under the Sea-Wind (1941).

Courtesy of Shirley A. Briggs. Used with permission of the Estate of Rachel Carson.

This book is printed on recycled acid-free paper that contains at least 20 percent postconsumer waste and meets the uncoated paper ANSI/NISO specifications for permanence as revised in 1992.

Book design by Lucinda L. Hitchcock

Composition by Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Carson, Rachel, 1907–1964.

[Selections. 1998]

Lost woods: the discovered writing of Rachel Carson/edited and with an introduction by Linda Lear.

p.   cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

e-ISBN 978-0-8070-9544-7

ISBN 978-0-8070-8547-9 (paper)

1. Nature.   2. Wildlife conservation.   3. Marine ecology.   4. Bird watching.

I.  Lear, Linda J., 1940– .   II.  Title.

QH81.C3546    1998

570—dc21

98–20058