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 18
... 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 response of the wild ...
... 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 response of the wild ...
Page 19
... wilds Carl developed the love of outdoor life that he would pass on to his own children . He learned on his own how to hunt and trekked the environs of Liberty — upland prairies and oak savannahs and wooded valleys and Missouri River ...
... wilds Carl developed the love of outdoor life that he would pass on to his own children . He learned on his own how to hunt and trekked the environs of Liberty — upland prairies and oak savannahs and wooded valleys and Missouri River ...
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... wild country . For six weeks each summer , he explored the northwoods , fished its wild waters , absorbed its untamed flavor , and dreamed of the open Canadian expanse , the blank spot on his childhood map , that lay beyond the Huron ...
... wild country . For six weeks each summer , he explored the northwoods , fished its wild waters , absorbed its untamed flavor , and dreamed of the open Canadian expanse , the blank spot on his childhood map , that lay beyond the Huron ...
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... wild , and this led to Aldo's deci- sion in his mid - teens to pursue a career in forestry . Carl had hoped that Aldo would follow him in the family business , but he could hardly object to a decision that he himself had largely ...
... wild , and this led to Aldo's deci- sion in his mid - teens to pursue a career in forestry . Carl had hoped that Aldo would follow him in the family business , but he could hardly object to a decision that he himself had largely ...
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... wild country , barely settled , imposing , diverse ; a true wilderness of high alpine mead- ows ; wolves , grizzly bears , and deer ; great stands of pine and folded recesses of tangled , semiarid canyons . Leopold arrived 26 CURT MEINE.
... wild country , barely settled , imposing , diverse ; a true wilderness of high alpine mead- ows ; wolves , grizzly bears , and deer ; great stands of pine and folded recesses of tangled , semiarid canyons . Leopold arrived 26 CURT MEINE.
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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