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2013 Gus Burns Lecture
October 24, 2013 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
“From Conservation to Environmentalism”
2013 Gus Burns Lecture by William Souder
Author William Souder will discuss Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the origins of America’s troubled relationship with the natural world. After the talk, he will sign copies of his book On a Farther Shore, the latest biograhy of Rachel Carson, published on the 50th anniversary of Silent Spring. William Sauder is author of On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson (2012) and Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America (2004, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize).
This event is co-sponsored by the UF Department of History, the Center for the Humanities in the Public Sphere, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, Library East, and the Tropical Conservation and Development Program of the Center for Latin American Studies.
This event is free and open to the public.
A reception at 6:30pm will precede the talk.
Address questions to Professor Jack Davis at jackedavis@gmail.com or 273-3398