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 11
... species , however un- economic , to continuation . Wallace Stegner's " The Legacy of Aldo Leopold " provides a panoramic perspective on the state of the American environment and the American environmental state of mind nearly four de ...
... species , however un- economic , to continuation . Wallace Stegner's " The Legacy of Aldo Leopold " provides a panoramic perspective on the state of the American environment and the American environmental state of mind nearly four de ...
Page 21
... wrens in our yard last sum- mer . We hatched one hundred and twenty young wrens last summer . " He went on to list thirty - eight other species that he was able to identify . In his early teens he 21 Aldo Leopold's Early Years.
... wrens in our yard last sum- mer . We hatched one hundred and twenty young wrens last summer . " He went on to list thirty - eight other species that he was able to identify . In his early teens he 21 Aldo Leopold's Early Years.
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... species . At the same time , he was beginning to hunt . He had long ac- companied his father on hunts unarmed , absorbing Carl's meth- ods and sportsmanship . Their main grounds were across the Mississippi in the bottomland swamps on ...
... species . At the same time , he was beginning to hunt . He had long ac- companied his father on hunts unarmed , absorbing Carl's meth- ods and sportsmanship . Their main grounds were across the Mississippi in the bottomland swamps on ...
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... species of warblers , each bedecked like to the rainbow , and each performing yearly sundry thousands of miles of migration about which scientists wrote wisely but did not understand . No " fortuitous concourse of elements " working ...
... species of warblers , each bedecked like to the rainbow , and each performing yearly sundry thousands of miles of migration about which scientists wrote wisely but did not understand . No " fortuitous concourse of elements " working ...
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... species . His most creative work in these years , however , was avoca- tional . In a spurt of articles in 1924-26 , he continued to raise the argument for wilderness preservation and became known na- tionally , particularly within the ...
... species . His most creative work in these years , however , was avoca- tional . In a spurt of articles in 1924-26 , he continued to raise the argument for wilderness preservation and became known na- tionally , particularly within the ...
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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