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This author ended a book by questioning the “meaning of so tiny a being as the [...] sea lace.” Dorothy Freeman potentially began a romantic relationship with this author after moving to a seaside cottage in Maine. (20[1])This author wrote a book which describes a “strange blight” of “white granular powder” in its first (0[1])chapter, (0[2])“A Fable (20[1])for Tomorrow.” (20[1])This author won the National Book Award for (20[1])The Sea Around Us, (0[1])which was inspired by her time (20[1])as a (*) marine biologist (10[1]0[1])in the Bureau (10[1])of Fisheries. (10[1])In her most (10[1])famous book, this author highlighted (0[1])the detrimental (10[1])effects (10[3])of bioaccumulation (10[5]0[1])on (10[1])human health (10[1])and ecosystems. (10[2])The dangers of DDT (10[2])were described (10[1])by, for 10 points, what author who warned against pesticides in Silent (10[1])Spring? (10[3])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Rachel Carson [or Rachel Louise Carson]
<Yingzhi Nyang, Literature - American - Nonfiction&gt; ~25422~ &lt;Editor: Chandler West>
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