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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... footnotes . A Sand County Almanac — a bestseller , the environmentalist's bible , and a twentieth - century landmark in a genre of Ameri- can letters pioneered by Thoreau and advanced by Marsh and 3 Introduction Introduction.
... footnotes . A Sand County Almanac — a bestseller , the environmentalist's bible , and a twentieth - century landmark in a genre of Ameri- can letters pioneered by Thoreau and advanced by Marsh and 3 Introduction Introduction.
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... Marsh and 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 ...
... Marsh and 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 ...
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... 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.
... 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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... marsh. On the other side, in what once were a farmer's 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 ...
... marsh. On the other side, in what once were a farmer's 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 ...
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... marsh . On the other side , in what once were a farmer's 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 ...
... marsh . On the other side , in what once were a farmer's 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 ...
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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