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American writer and environmentalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paul Brooks (1909–1998) was a nature writer, book editor, and environmentalist.[1]
Brooks received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1931, where he was the editor of the Harvard Lampoon.[1] Soon after graduation, he became an employee at the publishing company Houghton Mifflin in Boston and remained with the company for 40 years. He was editor-in-chief of Houghton Mifflin's General Book Department from 1943 until his retirement in 1969. He wrote Two Park Street: A Publishing Memoir, containing anecdotes about his experiences editing the works of Rachel Carson, Roger Tory Peterson, Winston Churchill, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., and James Agee, among others.[2] Paul Brooks suggested the title Silent Spring for Rachel Carson's famous book.[3]
In 1965 Brooks won the John Burroughs Medal for his 1964 book Roadless Area.
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