Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 1 - 320 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 4
... Muir — has received , until the appearance of this volume , sur- prisingly little systematic interpretation or critical discussion . Roderick Nash devoted a chapter to Aldo Leopold in his cele- brated Wilderness and the American Mind ...
... Muir — has received , until the appearance of this volume , sur- prisingly little systematic interpretation or critical discussion . Roderick Nash devoted a chapter to Aldo Leopold in his cele- brated Wilderness and the American Mind ...
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... Muir certainly had argued for a morally charged human relationship with nature . But they had done so in essentially religious terms . Leopold's originality lies in his having expressed their moral proposition exclusively in scientific ...
... Muir certainly had argued for a morally charged human relationship with nature . But they had done so in essentially religious terms . Leopold's originality lies in his having expressed their moral proposition exclusively in scientific ...
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... Muir and two of his young sons , John and David , who had left Dunbar , Scotland , for the New World in February 1849. Daniel Muir selected a 133 43 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
... Muir and two of his young sons , John and David , who had left Dunbar , Scotland , for the New World in February 1849. Daniel Muir selected a 133 43 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
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... Muir selected a quarter section of land -- one hundred and sixty acres— -four miles from the nearest neighbor in the sand country north of The Portage , and quickly built a shanty of oak logs . ' To this charming hut , in the sunny ...
... Muir selected a quarter section of land -- one hundred and sixty acres— -four miles from the nearest neighbor in the sand country north of The Portage , and quickly built a shanty of oak logs . ' To this charming hut , in the sunny ...
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... Muir recalled , he bought a half - section of wild land five miles away and started all over again . To what end ? It was a poor land for making money , as John Muir remem- bered it , but rich country for living . Shortly after John Muir ...
... Muir recalled , he bought a half - section of wild land five miles away and started all over again . To what end ? It was a poor land for making money , as John Muir remem- bered it , but rich country for living . Shortly after John Muir ...
Contents
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II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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