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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... field." Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, however, continued to inspire and inform my thought. Leopold always seemed to have the right intuitions, to be thinking in the right directions. But his ideas were so compacdy expressed that ...
... field." Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac, however, continued to inspire and inform my thought. Leopold always seemed to have the right intuitions, to be thinking in the right directions. But his ideas were so compacdy expressed that ...
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... his family and with his fellow tenants of shore, woods, marsh, and field. Readers who do not know the sand country of central Wisconsin firsthand will find in Flader's essay a vivid portrait of the larger shack environs 5 Introduction.
... his family and with his fellow tenants of shore, woods, marsh, and field. Readers who do not know the sand country of central Wisconsin firsthand will find in Flader's essay a vivid portrait of the larger shack environs 5 Introduction.
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... field naturalist. Hence his understanding of the nature of ecosystems — crucial to the question of our duties regarding them — is firmly grounded in both science and experience. The foreword to A Sand County Almanac (dated March 1948) ...
... field naturalist. Hence his understanding of the nature of ecosystems — crucial to the question of our duties regarding them — is firmly grounded in both science and experience. The foreword to A Sand County Almanac (dated March 1948) ...
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... fields, corn stalks and sandburs stood stiffly above the crust of snow. A line of gaunt elms led toward the remains of a burned-down farmhouse. Beyond, the Wisconsin River lay ice-locked in its winter channel. Yet, in Leopold's eyes, no ...
... fields, corn stalks and sandburs stood stiffly above the crust of snow. A line of gaunt elms led toward the remains of a burned-down farmhouse. Beyond, the Wisconsin River lay ice-locked in its winter channel. Yet, in Leopold's eyes, no ...
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... field and taught his children how to see the woods, how to perceive its hidden tales. As a hunter, he chose to limit his bag, stopped hunting certain species of ducks, quit spring hunting of waterfowl altogether, and always pursued ...
... field and taught his children how to see the woods, how to perceive its hidden tales. As a hunter, he chose to limit his bag, stopped hunting certain species of ducks, quit spring hunting of waterfowl altogether, and always pursued ...
Contents
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| 15 | |
II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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| Title | Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical Essays |
| Author | J. Baird Callicott |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0299112330, 9780299112332 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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