First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for Americas relationship to the land. Written with an unparalleled understanding of the ways of nature, the book includes a section on the monthly changes of the Wisconsin countryside; another part that 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; and a final section in which Leopold addresses the philosophical issues involved in wildlife conservation. As the forerunner of such important books as Annie Dillards Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Edward Abbeys Desert Solitaire, and Robert Finchs The Primal Place, this classic work remains as relevant today as it was forty years ago.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
ISBN-10
0195007778
ISBN-13
9780195007770
Publication Date
Dec 1968
Item Weight
0.40 pounds
Length
7.99 inch
Width
5.24 inch
Height
0.59 inch
First Sentence
Each year, after the midwinter blizzards, there comes a night of thaw when the tinkle of dripping water is heard in the land.