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 31
... less - heralded but equally significant personal effort to understand the delicate equilibrium of the southwestern range . The effort exemplified Leopold's restless curiosity , his ability to correlate facts , his tal- ent for " reading ...
... less - heralded but equally significant personal effort to understand the delicate equilibrium of the southwestern range . The effort exemplified Leopold's restless curiosity , his ability to correlate facts , his tal- ent for " reading ...
Page 37
... less productive , less scenic , less wild , less " natural " even , than a thousand other places in Wisconsin alone . But in country , as in people , a plain exterior often conceals hidden riches , " to perceive which requires much ...
... less productive , less scenic , less wild , less " natural " even , than a thousand other places in Wisconsin alone . But in country , as in people , a plain exterior often conceals hidden riches , " to perceive which requires much ...
Page 43
... less fertile lands farther west . Among the earlier arrivals were Daniel Muir and two of his young sons , John and David , who had left Dunbar , Scotland , for the New World in February 1849. Daniel Muir selected a 133 43 Aldo Leopold's ...
... less fertile lands farther west . Among the earlier arrivals were Daniel Muir and two of his young sons , John and David , who had left Dunbar , Scotland , for the New World in February 1849. Daniel Muir selected a 133 43 Aldo Leopold's ...
Page 47
... less than the problem of working out original social ideals and social adjustments for the American nation . ” 8 Thus , ironically , through Turner's frontier thesis , the sand country of his boyhood — backwater of continental ...
... less than the problem of working out original social ideals and social adjustments for the American nation . ” 8 Thus , ironically , through Turner's frontier thesis , the sand country of his boyhood — backwater of continental ...
Page 49
... less than half the land in any of the sand counties was in farms , and of that very little was actively cultivated . The rest was considered waste- land — weeds , brush , runty jack pine , scrub oak , and raw peat sprouting dense ...
... less than half the land in any of the sand counties was in farms , and of that very little was actively cultivated . The rest was considered waste- land — weeds , brush , runty jack pine , scrub oak , and raw peat sprouting dense ...
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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