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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It was in the spring of 1971 that Robert Ramlow, formerly a student in my course History of Ancient Greek Philosophy, suggested I read A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold. He offered to lend me his copy. I was preparing to teach a new ...
It was in the spring of 1971 that Robert Ramlow, formerly a student in my course History of Ancient Greek Philosophy, suggested I read A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold. He offered to lend me his copy. I was preparing to teach a new ...
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... scientist has considered it much more than pleasant or moving material to be read at leisure. No philosopher has approached its ethics. No literary critic has suggested it might be fruitfully examined with a systematic eye to style, ...
... scientist has considered it much more than pleasant or moving material to be read at leisure. No philosopher has approached its ethics. No literary critic has suggested it might be fruitfully examined with a systematic eye to style, ...
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Nevertheless, the only extant evidence of the incident is in the essay "Thinking Like a Mountain" itself. A process of elimination suggests that it took place in the fall of 1909, shortly 38 CURT MEINE.
Nevertheless, the only extant evidence of the incident is in the essay "Thinking Like a Mountain" itself. A process of elimination suggests that it took place in the fall of 1909, shortly 38 CURT MEINE.
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The furthest he would venture, in a rather remarkable bit of provincialism, was to suggest that the Old Northwest — Turner's Wisconsin and neighboring states — held the balance of power and was the batdefield on which the issues of ...
The furthest he would venture, in a rather remarkable bit of provincialism, was to suggest that the Old Northwest — Turner's Wisconsin and neighboring states — held the balance of power and was the batdefield on which the issues of ...
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When Turner suggested that the Old Northwest would be the battlefield on which the problems of American development would be resolved, he could hardly have dreamed that the very part of the region he knew as a boy would become one of ...
When Turner suggested that the Old Northwest would be the battlefield on which the problems of American development would be resolved, he could hardly have dreamed that the very part of the region he knew as a boy would become one of ...
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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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