A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There

A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There
ISBN-10
0197500269
ISBN-13
9780197500262
Series
A Sand County Almanac
Category
Nature
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2020-08-12
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Author
Aldo Leopold

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.

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