A Sand County Almanac And Sketches Here and There
by Leopold, Aldo; Schwartz, Charles W.; Finch, RobertEdition: Limited
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1987-10-22
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
This special edition of the highly acclaimed A Sand County Almanaccommemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Aldo Leopold, one ofthe foremost conservationists of our century. First published in 1949, itcombines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken andhighly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. It is a uniquebook, a classic work of conservation, the forefunner of such important books asAnnie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire, andRobert Finch's The Primal Place.
Author Biography
Aldo Leopold, long a member of the National Wildlife Federation's Conservation Hall of Fame, was posthumously honored in 1978 with the John Burroughs Medal in tribute to a lifetime of work in conservation and, in particular, for A Sand County Almanac. Robert Finch is the author of The Primal Place and Common Ground: A Naturalist's Cape Cod.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: The Delights and Dilemmas of a Sand County Almanac | xv | ||||
| Part I: A Sand County Almanac | |||||
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| Conservation Esthetic | 165 | (12) | |||
| Wildlife in American Culture | 177 | (11) | |||
| Wilderness | 188 | (13) | |||
| The Land Ethic | 201 | (26) | |||
| About the Author | 227 |
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