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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A Sand County Almanac — a bestseller, the environmentalist's bible, and a twentieth-century landmark in a genre of American letters pioneered by Thoreau and advanced by Marsh and Muir 3 Introduction Introduction.
A Sand County Almanac — a bestseller, the environmentalist's bible, and a twentieth-century landmark in a genre of American letters pioneered by Thoreau and advanced by Marsh and Muir 3 Introduction Introduction.
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can letters pioneered by Thoreau and advanced by Marsh and Muir — has received, until the appearance of this volume, surprisingly litde systematic interpretation or critical discussion. Roderick Nash devoted a chapter to Aldo Leopold in ...
can letters pioneered by Thoreau and advanced by Marsh and Muir — has received, until the appearance of this volume, surprisingly litde systematic interpretation or critical discussion. Roderick Nash devoted a chapter to Aldo Leopold in ...
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Henry David Thoreau and John Muir certainly had argued for a morally charged human relationship with nature. But they had done so in essentially religious terms. Leopold's originality lies in his having expressed their moral proposition ...
Henry David Thoreau and John Muir certainly had argued for a morally charged human relationship with nature. But they had done so in essentially religious terms. Leopold's originality lies in his having expressed their moral proposition ...
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Among the earlier arrivals were Daniel Muir and two of his young sons, John and David, who had left Dunbar, Scotland, for the New World in February 1849. Daniel Muir selected a 43 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
Among the earlier arrivals were Daniel Muir and two of his young sons, John and David, who had left Dunbar, Scotland, for the New World in February 1849. Daniel Muir selected a 43 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
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Daniel Muir selected a quarter section of land — one hundred and sixty acres — four miles from the nearest neighbor in the sand country north of The Portage, and quickly built a shanty of oak logs. 'To this charming hut, ...
Daniel Muir selected a quarter section of land — one hundred and sixty acres — four miles from the nearest neighbor in the sand country north of The Portage, and quickly built a shanty of oak logs. 'To this charming hut, ...
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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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