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 32
... change of occupation . It was during the Forest Products Lab years that Leopold and his growing family ( a fifth child , Estella , arrived in 1927 ) took up an interest in archery . In the dank basement of their house on Van Hise Avenue ...
... change of occupation . It was during the Forest Products Lab years that Leopold and his growing family ( a fifth child , Estella , arrived in 1927 ) took up an interest in archery . In the dank basement of their house on Van Hise Avenue ...
Page 36
... changes that were occurring in his thinking about man and land . He returned to Madison and began to delve into the lore and biology of the crane . He consulted his friends in ornithology and returned to the marsh for longer ob ...
... changes that were occurring in his thinking about man and land . He returned to Madison and began to delve into the lore and biology of the crane . He consulted his friends in ornithology and returned to the marsh for longer ob ...
Page 43
... change came with white settlement . Until 1820 the lands west of Lake Michigan were Indian country . In the 1820s , how- ever , whites pushed into southwestern Wisconsin , lured there by rich veins of lead . The Winnebago , Chippewa ...
... change came with white settlement . Until 1820 the lands west of Lake Michigan were Indian country . In the 1820s , how- ever , whites pushed into southwestern Wisconsin , lured there by rich veins of lead . The Winnebago , Chippewa ...
Page 45
... changes were even more dramatic — the coming of the railroads , the erection of new commercial estab- lishments and public buildings , the rapid population turnover , and the medley of ethnic groups that made local politics ever more ...
... changes were even more dramatic — the coming of the railroads , the erection of new commercial estab- lishments and public buildings , the rapid population turnover , and the medley of ethnic groups that made local politics ever more ...
Page 46
... changes of an expanding people — to the changes involved in crossing a continent , in winning a wilderness , and in developing at each area of this progress out of the primitive eco- nomic and political conditions of the frontier into ...
... changes of an expanding people — to the changes involved in crossing a continent , in winning a wilderness , and in developing at each area of this progress out of the primitive eco- nomic and political conditions of the frontier into ...
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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