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Page 22
Carl belonged to two hunting clubs, Lone Tree and Crystal Lake, that owned the lands, and it was here that Carl took Aldo in the early mornings for his first hunts with gun in hand. In the summer, these backwater sloughs were hot and ...
Carl belonged to two hunting clubs, Lone Tree and Crystal Lake, that owned the lands, and it was here that Carl took Aldo in the early mornings for his first hunts with gun in hand. In the summer, these backwater sloughs were hot and ...
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My dog was good at treeing partridge, and to forego a sure shot in the tree in favor of a hopeless one at the fleeing bird was my first exercise in ethical codes. Compared with a treed partridge, the devil and his seven kingdoms was a ...
My dog was good at treeing partridge, and to forego a sure shot in the tree in favor of a hopeless one at the fleeing bird was my first exercise in ethical codes. Compared with a treed partridge, the devil and his seven kingdoms was a ...
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There were trees to chop and brush to cut down and burn, tough prairie sod to turn with the plow — taking care to dodge all the stumps that later would have to be dug and chopped out to make way for the McCormick reaper.
There were trees to chop and brush to cut down and burn, tough prairie sod to turn with the plow — taking care to dodge all the stumps that later would have to be dug and chopped out to make way for the McCormick reaper.
Page 53
The shack was a family enterprise to which each member contributed: cutting and splitting wood, building birdhouses for martins, screech owls, and wood ducks, planting prairie grasses and wildflowers, shrubs and trees.
The shack was a family enterprise to which each member contributed: cutting and splitting wood, building birdhouses for martins, screech owls, and wood ducks, planting prairie grasses and wildflowers, shrubs and trees.
Page 54
The more woodcock nests they discovered, the more trees and shrubs, grasses and flowers they planted, the more chickadees and nuthatches they got to know — in short, the more familiar they became with the place — the more they found to ...
The more woodcock nests they discovered, the more trees and shrubs, grasses and flowers they planted, the more chickadees and nuthatches they got to know — in short, the more familiar they became with the place — the more they found to ...
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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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