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 25
... interests in the cultural advantages of the east coast and in extracurricular activities came into conflict with his interest in the outdoors and the solitary life it offered . Sleepless nights and overwork ensued . As he began his ...
... interests in the cultural advantages of the east coast and in extracurricular activities came into conflict with his interest in the outdoors and the solitary life it offered . Sleepless nights and overwork ensued . As he began his ...
Page 26
... interest . Whether viewed on foot , from a train or rowboat or stagecoach , or on horseback , landscapes were always surveyed with a discriminating eye for their history — natural and hu- man — and for their unique flavor . And it never ...
... interest . Whether viewed on foot , from a train or rowboat or stagecoach , or on horseback , landscapes were always surveyed with a discriminating eye for their history — natural and hu- man — and for their unique flavor . And it never ...
Page 32
... interest in archery . In the dank basement of their house on Van Hise Avenue , Aldo carefully crafted the bows , arrows , nocks , quivers , even the bowstrings , he used in his new hobby ; Estella usually sat alongside the workbench and ...
... interest in archery . In the dank basement of their house on Van Hise Avenue , Aldo carefully crafted the bows , arrows , nocks , quivers , even the bowstrings , he used in his new hobby ; Estella usually sat alongside the workbench and ...
Page 46
... " A people composed of heterogeneous materials , with diverse and conflicting ideals and social interests , having passed from the task of filling up the vacant spaces of the continent , is now thrown back 46 SUSAN FLADER.
... " A people composed of heterogeneous materials , with diverse and conflicting ideals and social interests , having passed from the task of filling up the vacant spaces of the continent , is now thrown back 46 SUSAN FLADER.
Page 51
... interests in land use , what of the private landowner ? 1 1 The wholesale public expenditures of the New Deal indicated to Leopold that government might be persuaded to pay the bill for the ecological debt incurred by private ...
... interests in land use , what of the private landowner ? 1 1 The wholesale public expenditures of the New Deal indicated to Leopold that government might be persuaded to pay the bill for the ecological debt incurred by private ...
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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