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 27
... later , before he would come to regret the incident . Pioneers did not pause to bemoan the loss of a " varmint . " Leopold botched that first reconnaissance assignment badly , enough to prompt an investigation by the regional office of ...
... later , before he would come to regret the incident . Pioneers did not pause to bemoan the loss of a " varmint . " Leopold botched that first reconnaissance assignment badly , enough to prompt an investigation by the regional office of ...
Page 31
... later recalled in the essay " The Green Lagoons . " During these years , Leopold also undertook a less - heralded but equally significant personal effort to understand the delicate equilibrium of the southwestern range . The effort ...
... later recalled in the essay " The Green Lagoons . " During these years , Leopold also undertook a less - heralded but equally significant personal effort to understand the delicate equilibrium of the southwestern range . The effort ...
Page 36
... later , he would write the poetic celebra- tion of the crane and its haunts , " Marshland Elegy . " By the time Leopold wrote " Marshland Elegy , " game manage- ment had broadened into wildlife management , and Leopold himself was ...
... later , he would write the poetic celebra- tion of the crane and its haunts , " Marshland Elegy . " By the time Leopold wrote " Marshland Elegy , " game manage- ment had broadened into wildlife management , and Leopold himself was ...
Page 41
... later moved in the old southerly direction . The new Wisconsin River rapidly cut itself a gorge through the weak Cambrian sandstone at the now - heralded Wisconsin Dells and found a new course around the east flank of the Baraboo Hills ...
... later moved in the old southerly direction . The new Wisconsin River rapidly cut itself a gorge through the weak Cambrian sandstone at the now - heralded Wisconsin Dells and found a new course around the east flank of the Baraboo Hills ...
Page 43
... later arrivals had to make do with the successively sandier , 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 ...
... later arrivals had to make do with the successively sandier , 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 ...
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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