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 ix
... provides me with an opportunity to share with a larger audience one of my previously published articles on Leopold's monumental effect on modern environmental aware- ness and an occasion more directly to write a sustained and thor- ough ...
... provides me with an opportunity to share with a larger audience one of my previously published articles on Leopold's monumental effect on modern environmental aware- ness and an occasion more directly to write a sustained and thor- ough ...
Page 4
... provides an account of the author's life , his geographical and cultural milieu , and finally his place in a history of ideas . The second section focuses on the Almanac as a whole— its genesis , evolution , elements , and movements ...
... provides an account of the author's life , his geographical and cultural milieu , and finally his place in a history of ideas . The second section focuses on the Almanac as a whole— its genesis , evolution , elements , and movements ...
Page 5
... provides an intimate , authoritative account of Leopold's shack experiences with 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 ...
... provides an intimate , authoritative account of Leopold's shack experiences with 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 ...
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... provide some sense of the lasting cultural effect of A Sand County Almanac . It begins with a very personal narrative by Edwin P. Pister , " A Pilgrim's Progress from Group A to Group B. " Pister is a state fish- and game - agency ...
... provide some sense of the lasting cultural effect of A Sand County Almanac . It begins with a very personal narrative by Edwin P. Pister , " A Pilgrim's Progress from Group A to Group B. " Pister is a state fish- and game - agency ...
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... provides a panoramic perspective on the state of the American environment and the American environmental state of mind nearly four de- cades after A Sand County Almanac . Stegner writes a person- alized summary of Leopold's philosophy ...
... provides a panoramic perspective on the state of the American environment and the American environmental state of mind nearly four de- cades after A Sand County Almanac . Stegner writes a person- alized summary of Leopold's philosophy ...
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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