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Always, Rachel
the letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964
By Carson, Rachel & Freeman, Dorothy & Freeman, Martha E.
- ISBN
- 978-0-80707-010-9
- Publisher
- Boston : Beacon Press, c1995.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 15, 1995
In 1952, after publishing The Sea Around Us, Carson struck up a unique friendship with Freeman that was to sustain both women until Carson's death in 1964. Although both were prolific letter writers, Carson's letters predominate here. Many of Freeman's letters and a fair number of Carson's may have been deliberately destroyed by mutual consent. Evidently, the two women were uneasy about their content being misinterpreted. The letters display an unusual intensity of feeling, which could easily lead outsiders to an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
