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Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology (LOA #238) (Hardcover)
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Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology (LOA #238) (Hardcover)
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A special edition of one of the greatest masterpieces of the
environmental movement-plus original photographs and other writings
on environmental ethics Since his death in 1948, Aldo Leopold has
been increasingly recognized as one of the indispensable figures of
American environmentalism. A pioneering forester, sportsman,
wildlife manager, and ecologist, he was also a gifted writer whose
farsighted land ethic is proving increasingly relevant in our own
time. Now, Leopold's essential contributions to our literature-some
hard-to-find or previously unpublished-are gathered in a single
volume for the first time. Here is his classic A Sand County
Almanac, hailed-along with Thoreau's Walden and Carson's Silent
Spring-as one of the main literary influences on the modern
environmental movement. Published in 1949, it remains a vivid,
firsthand, philosophical tour de force. Along with Sand County are
more than fifty articles, essays, and lectures exploring the new
complexities of ecological science and what we would now call
environmental ethics. Leopold's sharp-eyed, often humorous journals
are illustrated here for the first time with his original
photographs, drawings, and maps. Also unique to this collection is
a selection of over 100 letters, most of them never before
published, tracing his personal and professional evolution and his
efforts to foster in others the love and sense of responsibility he
felt for the land. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit
cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's
literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print,
America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America
series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative
editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers,
sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium
acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
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