A Sand County Almanac

And Sketches Here and There

Aldo Leopold

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Penguin Classics
26 March 2020

Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Mathematics & Sciences; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Applied ecology; Conservation of wildlife & habitats; The Earth: natural history general

A vivid philosophical tour de force that initiated ecological thought and writing as we know it today

'There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot,' begins Aldo Leopold's totemic work of ecological thought. Ranging from lyrical observations of the changing seasons over a year on his Wisconsin farm to his hugely influential idea of a 'land ethic' signifying moral equilibrium between humans and all other life on earth, A Sand County Almanac changed perceptions of the natural world and helped give birth to the modern conservation movement.

By: Aldo Leopold
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 157g
ISBN: 9780241402993
ISBN 10: 0241402999
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 26 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) was a forester and conservationist whose writings on wildlife ecology sowed the seeds of contemporary environmental thought.

Reviews for A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There

Wise and lyrical meditations on environmental ethics, human and natural history, and the passage of time. Some measure of how fiercely good it is: a well-read, retired U.S. Army colonel once told me that he considered Leopold to be better than Shakespeare * Helen Macdonald * These beautiful essays, based on the restoration of an exhausted 80-acre farm in the sand country of central Wisconsin, are full of insights rooted in intelligent humility that inform naturalists to this day * Isabella Tree * A classic ... there are moments of soft beauty [and] his epigrams are whipcrack smart -- Robert Macfarlane * Wall Street Journal * A trenchant book, full of vigor and bite * The New York Times * One of the seminal works of the environmental movement * Boston Globe *