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grasp its meanings, see the many ways in which we are poisoning our 
planet. Then — here in Illinois — we can get behind Elton Fawks and his 
Pesticides Control Committee, which even now is drafting a bill for presen- 
tation to the Legislature. And in our own communities — whenever we 
hear of a proposal to drench our elms with D.D.T., or to spray our road- 
sides or marshes, we can go before our town or city council and speak out 
against those who would use our own tax money to destroy us. We can 
write to our representatives in Congress, to the President, to the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture and other government agencies, demanding an end 
to the pollution of our landscapes and watercourses. 
In more and more communities next year, this will truly be a silent 
spring. The voices of many birds have already been stilled. Will ours be 
next? 
Paul H. Lobik, 22W681 Tamarack Drive, Glen Ellyn, Il. 
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Book Reviews 
ISLAND IN TIME, by Harold Gilliam. Photographs by Philip Hyde; fore- 
word by Stewart L. Udall; published by the Sierra Club, Mills Tower, 
San Francisco 4, Calif., 1962. 87 pages, $3.95. 
As the reader turns the first page of this book, he finds a tribute 
to Point Reyes National Seashore: ‘‘We need the sea. We need a place to 
stand and watch and listen — to feel the pulse-beat of the world as the 
surf rolls in.”” The author sketches the early history of the area, describ- 
ing the first visit by white men, when Sir Francis Drake sailed The Golden 
Hind into the lovely bay, and telling how the Spanish galleon, San Augus- 
tin, was wrecked here in 1595. Like a quiet visitor who does not wish to 
overstay his welcome, the author briefly discusses the geology of Point 
Reyes, the plant life, and the early Miwok Indians who once lived here. He 
directs a fleeting glance at the herons, pelicans, cormorants, Red-tailed 
Hawks, and sea-lions; snaps a few words at the real estate operators and 
the bulldozers that even now are detroying the primeval landscape — and 
then fades away into the darkness. 
Mr. Gilliam’s message has been heard in Washington, D.C. Thanks 
to the efforts of the Sierra Club and other conservation groups, this 53,000- 
acre shoreline near San Francisco hag now been established as a National 
Seashore by an act of Congress signed last month by President Kennedy. 
A color movie, 25 minutes long, with the title above, is available free from 
the Izaak Walton League, 1326 Waukegan Road, Glenview, Illinois. This 
book makes a beautiful gift. 
Raymond Mostek, 615 Rochdale Circle, Lombard, Illinois 
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