Bibliograph

A Sand County almanac, and sketches here and there, Aldo Leopold ; illustrated by Charles W. Schwartz ; with an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver

Type

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A Sand County almanac, and sketches here and there, Aldo Leopold ; illustrated by Charles W. Schwartz ; with an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A Sand County almanac

Oclc number

1121082597

Responsibility statement

Aldo Leopold ; illustrated by Charles W. Schwartz ; with an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver

Sub title

and sketches here and there

Summary

"Few books have had a greater impact than A Sand County Almanac, which many credit with launching a revolution in land management. 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 through the woodlands of Wisconsin, Iowa, Arizona, Sonora, Oregon, Manitoba, and elsewhere; a final section addresses the philosophical issues involved in wildlife conservation. Beloved for its description and evocation of the natural world, Leopold's book, which has sold well over 2 million copies, remains a foundational text in environmental science and a national treasure."--, Amazon.ca

Table Of Contents

Part I. A Sand County almanac -- Part II. Sketches here and there -- Part III. The upshot

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