A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Ranked #2 in Landscape, Ranked #4 in Wildlife — see more rankings.
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... more
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Isabella Tree Leopold wrote that one of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. To me, that rings painfully true. (Source)
Mark Boyle I love many books, but I am in love with A Sand County Almanac. (Source)
Mike Phillips It speaks to the need for us to recognize we’re just as much a part of this planet as the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us. (Source)
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- #45 in Agriculture
- #94 in Biology
- #10 in Earth Science
- #5 in Ecology
- #8 in Environment
- #5 in Environmental Science
- #7 in Environmental Studies
- #5 in Environmentalism
- #10 in Hunting
- #6 in Nature
- #24 in Sustainability
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