Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysJ. Baird Callicott University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 15 - 308 pages The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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Page 48
... pine and encouraged the spread of jack pine and scrub oak " barrens . " Out in the marshes , where land could be bought for fifty cents an acre , farmers from the neighboring hills cleared ever more tamarack , or let fire do it , and ...
... pine and encouraged the spread of jack pine and scrub oak " barrens . " Out in the marshes , where land could be bought for fifty cents an acre , farmers from the neighboring hills cleared ever more tamarack , or let fire do it , and ...
Page 150
... pine and a red birch are crowd- ing each other , I have an a priori bias ; I always cut the birch to favor the pine . Why ? Well , first of all , I planted the pine with my shovel , whereas the birch crawled in under the fence and ...
... pine and a red birch are crowd- ing each other , I have an a priori bias ; I always cut the birch to favor the pine . Why ? Well , first of all , I planted the pine with my shovel , whereas the birch crawled in under the fence and ...
Page 151
... pines but all have many birches ; am I snobbish about having a woodlot of dis- tinction ? The pine stays green all winter , the birch punches the clock in October ; do I favor the tree that , like myself , braves the winter wind ? The pine ...
... pines but all have many birches ; am I snobbish about having a woodlot of dis- tinction ? The pine stays green all winter , the birch punches the clock in October ; do I favor the tree that , like myself , braves the winter wind ? The pine ...
Contents
Aldo Leopolds Early Years | 17 |
Aldo Leopolds Sand Country | 40 |
Aldo Leopolds Intellectual Heritage | 63 |
Copyright | |
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