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 55
... trees , in plowed ground or in furrows . He tried spoon- feeding them fertilizer and mulching with marsh hay . He tried weeding by hand , and surrounding each tree with cardboard to kill the grass , and " desodding " -scalping an area ...
... trees , in plowed ground or in furrows . He tried spoon- feeding them fertilizer and mulching with marsh hay . He tried weeding by hand , and surrounding each tree with cardboard to kill the grass , and " desodding " -scalping an area ...
Page 56
... trees to wounded survivors , so the Leopolds cut and burned all dead and dying trees . Still the toll mounted . Yet fire brought life as well as death . Willows and aspens , wild plum , sumac , and hazel resprouted vigorously ; dewberry ...
... trees to wounded survivors , so the Leopolds cut and burned all dead and dying trees . Still the toll mounted . Yet fire brought life as well as death . Willows and aspens , wild plum , sumac , and hazel resprouted vigorously ; dewberry ...
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... tree that , like myself , braves the winter wind ? The pine will shelter a grouse but the birch will feed him ; do I ... trees , or in me ? " — with that question the Sand County landowner gives the dialectic of Sand County as a whole ...
... tree that , like myself , braves the winter wind ? The pine will shelter a grouse but the birch will feed him ; do I ... trees , or in me ? " — with that question the Sand County landowner gives the dialectic of Sand County as a whole ...
Contents
Aldo Leopolds Early Years | 17 |
Aldo Leopolds Sand Country | 40 |
Aldo Leopolds Intellectual Heritage | 63 |
Copyright | |
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