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 viii
... things than I. Besides , I was staring into the yawning emptiness of a sixteen - week semester , commencing in just three short months , so I could ill afford to leave any stone unturned in my search for suitable literature . When I ...
... things than I. Besides , I was staring into the yawning emptiness of a sixteen - week semester , commencing in just three short months , so I could ill afford to leave any stone unturned in my search for suitable literature . When I ...
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... things , a bond of kinship between mankind and the " higher " " lower animals " —but by ecology , a science not yet even identified as such when Darwin wrote and not widely known or appreciated at the turn of the century . To- day , the ...
... things , a bond of kinship between mankind and the " higher " " lower animals " —but by ecology , a science not yet even identified as such when Darwin wrote and not widely known or appreciated at the turn of the century . To- day , the ...
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... things natural , wild , and free " ( vii ) . He became , finally , a naturalist . We label him as such , but we also need to qualify the label . We tend to think of naturalists as simple souls who content themselves in the call and ...
... things natural , wild , and free " ( vii ) . He became , finally , a naturalist . We label him as such , but we also need to qualify the label . We tend to think of naturalists as simple souls who content themselves in the call and ...
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... thing but read , write occasional letters , and visit with friends and family . When he finally did return to the Forest Service in October 1914 , it was not to the Carson National Forest , but to the District Office of Grazing in ...
... thing but read , write occasional letters , and visit with friends and family . When he finally did return to the Forest Service in October 1914 , it was not to the Carson National Forest , but to the District Office of Grazing in ...
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... , planting prairie grasses and wildflowers , shrubs and trees . From April to October scarcely a day went by that someone did not plant or transplant some- thing — butterfly weed , tamarack , wahoo and oak 53 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
... , planting prairie grasses and wildflowers , shrubs and trees . From April to October scarcely a day went by that someone did not plant or transplant some- thing — butterfly weed , tamarack , wahoo and oak 53 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
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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