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 22
... hand . In the summer , these backwater sloughs were hot and mosquito ridden , but fair country for Aldo and his closest friend , Edwin Hunger , to ex- plore by rowboat and hip waders . Aldo's interest in conservation also began to ...
... hand . In the summer , these backwater sloughs were hot and mosquito ridden , but fair country for Aldo and his closest friend , Edwin Hunger , to ex- plore by rowboat and hip waders . Aldo's interest in conservation also began to ...
Page 24
... hand , Aldo set forth on tramps to Princeton , Washington's Crossing , Trenton — sometimes as often as four or five times a week , in all manner of weather . He stepped out one day into a driving blizzard . " Progress was in some places ...
... hand , Aldo set forth on tramps to Princeton , Washington's Crossing , Trenton — sometimes as often as four or five times a week , in all manner of weather . He stepped out one day into a driving blizzard . " Progress was in some places ...
Page 27
... hand in that disappearance . Leopold's rise in the Forest Service was rapid . In the spring of 1911 he was assigned to the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico as deputy supervisor . The Carson was among the district's most ...
... hand in that disappearance . Leopold's rise in the Forest Service was rapid . In the spring of 1911 he was assigned to the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico as deputy supervisor . The Carson was among the district's most ...
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... hand - carved hickory clocks at the state agricultural fair in Madison and to make his own way in the world , the most noted historian of the pioneer experience was born in the bustling river town of Portage . The Wisconsin of Frederick ...
... hand - carved hickory clocks at the state agricultural fair in Madison and to make his own way in the world , the most noted historian of the pioneer experience was born in the bustling river town of Portage . The Wisconsin of Frederick ...
Page 54
... hands , to split oak and make sourdoughs in the dutch oven at an open fire , to play guitars and sing and talk and laugh together . It was also a place where one could experience a feeling of isolation in nature — especially if one were ...
... hands , to split oak and make sourdoughs in the dutch oven at an open fire , to play guitars and sing and talk and laugh together . It was also a place where one could experience a feeling of isolation in nature — especially if one were ...
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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