Description
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Contributors: Aldo Leopold,Barbara Kingsolver (Introduction by)
Published: 05/01/2020
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780197500262
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 0.70″ H x 8.20″ L x 5.50″ W
About the Author
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.
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