Sand County Almanac : And Sketches Here and There

English

ISBN: 019505928X

EAN: 9780195059281

Category: Nature / General/Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection/

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Release Date: 01/31/1989

Synopsis: This special edition of the highly acclaimedA Sand County Almanaccommemorates the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Aldo Leopold, one of the foremost conservationists of our century. First published in 1949 and praised inThe New York Times Book Reviewas full of beauty and vigor and bite,A Sand County Almanaccombines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for Americas relationship to the land. The volume includes a section on the monthly changes of the Wisconsin countryside; another section that gathers together the informal pieces written by Leopold over a forty-year period as he traveled around the woodlands of Wisconsin, Iowa, Arizona, Sonora, Oregon, Manitoba, and elsewhere; and a final section in which Leopold addresses more formally the philosophical issues involved in wildlife conservation. As the forerunner of such important books as Annie DillardsPilgrim at Tinker Creek, Edward AbbeysDesert Solitaire, and Robert FinchsThe Primal Place, this classic work remains as relevant today as it was forty years ago.

Awards: National Outdoor Book Awards – null 

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Sand County Almanac : And Sketches Here and There

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.59 inches

Width: 8.19 inches

Length: 5.39 inches

Weight: 10.58 oz

Pages: 256