A Sand County Almanac
With Essays on Conservation from Round River
$21.05
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2014
Summary
The environmental classic that redefined the way we think about the natural world-an urgent call for preservation that’s more timely than ever.
“We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir.” - San Francisco Chronicle
These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape-the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. Conjuring up one extraordinary vision a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345345059 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0345345053 |
| Author: | Aldo Leopold |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2014 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 106mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Outdoor Essays & Reflections |
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“We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir.” – San Francisco Chronicle
“We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir.”—San Francisco Chronicle
About The Author
Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold was born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1887. Educated at the Lawrenceville School and Yale University, he joined the United States Forest Service in 1909 as a forest assistant in New Mexico and Arizona. One of the founders of the Wilderness Society, he initiated, in 1924, the first Forest Wilderness Area in the United States (which is now the Gila National Forest). Moving to Madison, Wisconsin, he was Associate Director of the Forest Products Laboratory, as well as consulting forester to several states. Mr. Leopold founded the profession of game management and wrote the first important book on the subject. In 1933, the University of Wisconsin created a Chair of Game Management for him. He died in 1948, while fighting a brush fire on a neighbor’s farm. His death cut short an assignment as an advisor on conservation to the United Nations, and left his book A Sand County Almanac as the last statement of his uncompromising philosophy.
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