[SEMCO] CCMNH

[The Gilligans]

On Thursday, August 9 at 7:30 pm at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural 

History Dr. Priscilla Coit Murphy will speak on her new book, What a 

Book Can Do: The Publication and Reception of Silent 

Spring. $5/member, $7/non-member. A book-signing will follow the program.

In this presentation Dr. Murphy will analyze the importance of 

the book form that brought Rachel Carson's warnings to a national 

audience well beyond the original serialization in The New 

Yorker. The roles played by the publisher Houghton Mifflin, the 

media, the chemical industries and the perceptions and expectations 

of the public are explored.

This classic study of one book's history and significance will 

have great appeal for audiences interested in the history of print 

culture and the influence of mass communications.

For further information, please contact the Cape Cod Museum of 

Natural History,

508-896-3867, Ext. 129.

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