"Published in 1949, shortly after the author's death, A Sand County Almanac is a classic of nature writing, widely cited as one of the most influential nature books ever published. Writing from the vantage of his summer shack along the banks of the Wisconsin River, Leopold mixes essay, polemic, and memoir in his book's pages. In one famous episode, he writes of killing a female wolf early in his career as a forest ranger, coming upon his ..."
A Sand County Almanac And Sketches Here and There, Special Commemorative Edition by AldoLeopold, RobertFinch, Charles W. Schwartz Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1987 by Oxford University Press Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-0-19-505305-0, ISBN: 0-19-505305-2
"Published in 1949, shortly after the author's death, A Sand County Almanac is a classic of nature writing, widely cited as one of the most influential nature books ever published. Writing from the vantage of his summer shack along the banks of the Wisconsin River, Leopold mixes essay, polemic, and memoir in his book's pages. In one famous episode, he writes of killing a female wolf early in his career as a forest ranger, coming upon his ..."
"First published in 1949 and praised in the New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite", A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. As the forerunner to such important books as Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire, and Robert Finch's The Primal Place, this classi ..."
"This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environme ..."
"This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environme ..."
"Jim Harrison, outdoorsman, poet, novelist, screen writer, and outspoken essayist,
is the author of seven novels and four novella collections, most recently The
Beast God Forgot to Invent (Atlantic Monthly Press) , the essay collection Just
Before ..."
"Dust jacket notes: "When student first met teacher, the latter already had set a standard and the very foundation for a new science. He also had written what was then and remains today the classic reference for a fledgling profession. The student knew none of this. In the days, months and decades that followed, the student became aware of the teacher's profound wisdom. He discovered and experienced the man's greatness. And he found in t ..."
"Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world."
A Sand County Almanac And Sketches Here and There (Penguin Classics) by AldoLeopold 272 Pages, Published 2020 by Penguin Books Ltd Mrz 2020 ISBN-13: 978-0-241-40299-3, ISBN: 0-241-40299-9
"With this spectacularly illustrated gift edition, a new generation of readers can walk beside one of America's most respected naturalists as he conveys the beauty of a marsh before sunrise or the wealth of history to be found in an ancient ..."
A Sand County Almanac And Sketches Here and There by AldoLeopold 208 Pages, Published 2020 by Penguin Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-241-40300-6, ISBN: 0-241-40300-6
"'One of the most influential books about the natural world ever published' Paul Kingsnorth, Guardian 'There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot,' begins Aldo Leopold's totemic work of ecological thought."
A Sand County Almanac And Sketches Here and There by AldoLeopold 271 Pages, Published 2020 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-750028-6, ISBN: 0-19-750028-5
"Written as a series of sketches based principally upon the flora and fauna in a rural part of Wisconsin, the book, originally published by Oxford in 1949, gathers informal pieces written by Leopold over a forty-year period as he traveled ..."
The Farmer as Conservationist (Classic Reprint) by AldoLeopold Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2018 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-0-259-85859-1, ISBN: 0-259-85859-5
"Excerpt from The Farmer as ConservationistAs for the owners, it would be a fair assertion to say that land depletion has broken as many as it has enriched.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving ..."
The Farmer as Conservationist (Classic Reprint) by AldoLeopold Hardcover, 46 Pages, Published 2018 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-0-331-11336-5, ISBN: 0-331-11336-8
"Excerpt from The Farmer as ConservationistAs for the owners, it would be a fair assertion to say that land depletion has broken as many as it has enriched.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving ..."
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"Excerpt from Report on a Game Survey of the North Central States, 1931The survey is financed by the sporting arms and ammunition industry. The motive hardly requires explanation: success in game restoration means continuance of the industry; failure in game restoration means its shrinkage and ultimate liquidation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks ..."
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"In the 1970s the relationship between literature and the environment emerged as a topic of serious and widespread interest among writers and scholars. The ideas, debates, and texts that grew out of this period subsequently converged and consolidated into the field now known as ecocriticism.A Century of Early Ecocriticism looks behind these recent developments to a prior generation's ecocritical inclinations. Written between 1864 and 196 ..."