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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... —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 sentimental and " atomistic " animal liberation 6 J. CALLICOTT BAIRD.
... —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 sentimental and " atomistic " animal liberation 6 J. CALLICOTT BAIRD.
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... wrote, "a plain exterior often conceals hidden riches, to perceive which requires much living in and with." 1 So with the abandoned Wisconsin farmstead: on that poorest of land, in that deepest of winter, in those hardest of times, he ...
... wrote, "a plain exterior often conceals hidden riches, to perceive which requires much living in and with." 1 So with the abandoned Wisconsin farmstead: on that poorest of land, in that deepest of winter, in those hardest of times, he ...
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... wrote , " a plain ex- terior often conceals hidden riches , to perceive which requires much living in and with . " 1 So with the abandoned Wisconsin farmstead : on that poorest of land , in that deepest of winter , in those hardest of ...
... wrote , " a plain ex- terior often conceals hidden riches , to perceive which requires much living in and with . " 1 So with the abandoned Wisconsin farmstead : on that poorest of land , in that deepest of winter , in those hardest of ...
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... wrote sparingly about his own background , his boyhood , his influences , his inner life . He was , in this sense , deeply reflective , but seldom autobiographical . In A Sand County Almanac , most references to his early life are only ...
... wrote sparingly about his own background , his boyhood , his influences , his inner life . He was , in this sense , deeply reflective , but seldom autobiographical . In A Sand County Almanac , most references to his early life are only ...
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... wrote home , adding that he could " not remember ever enjoying a bit of winter weather more . ' Over his year - and - a - half career at Lawrenceville he came to know every field and stream and wood- land within a ten - mile radius of ...
... wrote home , adding that he could " not remember ever enjoying a bit of winter weather more . ' Over his year - and - a - half career at Lawrenceville he came to know every field and stream and wood- land within a ten - mile radius of ...
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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