A Sand County almanac

Description

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.

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.

Excerpt

EACH YEAR, after the midwinter blizzards, there comes a night of thaw when the tinkle of dripping water is heard in the land.

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Other Editions

• A Sand County almanac: with essays on conservation from Round River.Ballantine Books1970-01-01
• A Sand County almanacSierra Club/Ballantine Books1966-01-01
• A Sand County AlmanacOxford University Press, USA1968-12-31
• A Sand County almanac.Ballantine Books1970-01-01
• A Sand County almanacSierra Club/Ballantine Books1970-01-01
• Round River.Ballantine Books1970-01-01