Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysThe first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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But his ideas were so compacdy expressed that their full implications were not evident. I tried to unpack and air out Leopold's fertile thought in the rapidly expanding debate (most of which was carried on in the journal Environmental ...
But his ideas were so compacdy expressed that their full implications were not evident. I tried to unpack and air out Leopold's fertile thought in the rapidly expanding debate (most of which was carried on in the journal Environmental ...
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Luna Leopold edited a second book of Aldo Leopold's essays and journal entries entitled Round River, which Oxford University Press published in 1953. Some of the essays from Round River ("A Man's Leisure Time," "Country," "Natural ...
Luna Leopold edited a second book of Aldo Leopold's essays and journal entries entitled Round River, which Oxford University Press published in 1953. Some of the essays from Round River ("A Man's Leisure Time," "Country," "Natural ...
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Besides his unusually broad education at school, Aldo read the literary accounts of Roosevelt, Ernest Thompson Seton, Stewart Edward White, Jack London, and the outdoor journals of the day. It was a time of growing public zeal for the ...
Besides his unusually broad education at school, Aldo read the literary accounts of Roosevelt, Ernest Thompson Seton, Stewart Edward White, Jack London, and the outdoor journals of the day. It was a time of growing public zeal for the ...
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He began the meticulous journal-keeping that he continued for the rest of his life. Aldo was also becoming one of the best-read foresters in the country. In the evenings, he and Estella often read to one another, a lifelong habit that ...
He began the meticulous journal-keeping that he continued for the rest of his life. Aldo was also becoming one of the best-read foresters in the country. In the evenings, he and Estella often read to one another, a lifelong habit that ...
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Contents
| 3 | |
| 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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