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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Page 9
The "esthetic harvest" which land "is capable, under science, of contributing to culture" is introduced in the foreword as one of the three principal themes of the book, and the "beauty" (as well as integrity and stability) of the ...
The "esthetic harvest" which land "is capable, under science, of contributing to culture" is introduced in the foreword as one of the three principal themes of the book, and the "beauty" (as well as integrity and stability) of the ...
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He gave his daughter a private education, a love of natural beauty, and a thorough immersion in German romanticism. Her mother, Marie, taught her the social graces that a young lady required and the homemaking skills — Clara 18 CURT ...
He gave his daughter a private education, a love of natural beauty, and a thorough immersion in German romanticism. Her mother, Marie, taught her the social graces that a young lady required and the homemaking skills — Clara 18 CURT ...
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The beauty of the setting and the complement of family qualities go a long way toward explaining the interests, creative tensions, and well-defined character traits that Aldo carried into his adulthood. Here was beauty and business, ...
The beauty of the setting and the complement of family qualities go a long way toward explaining the interests, creative tensions, and well-defined character traits that Aldo carried into his adulthood. Here was beauty and business, ...
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His detailed accounts of his daily tramps foreshadowed the literary expressions for which he would later become celebrated: I have seen many birds of beauty, but not one of such dazzling plumage and bearing as the Blackburnian.
His detailed accounts of his daily tramps foreshadowed the literary expressions for which he would later become celebrated: I have seen many birds of beauty, but not one of such dazzling plumage and bearing as the Blackburnian.
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Through a lifetime of observation and experience, of perception and husbandry, Aldo Leopold had clarified his understanding of ecological processes and the fundamental values — integrity, stability, and beauty — that he saw as the basis ...
Through a lifetime of observation and experience, of perception and husbandry, Aldo Leopold had clarified his understanding of ecological processes and the fundamental values — integrity, stability, and beauty — that he saw as the basis ...
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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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