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| Genre/Form: | Outdoor books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948. Sand County almanac. New York, Oxford University Press, 1966 (OCoLC)595414937 Online version: Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948. Sand County almanac. New York, Oxford University Press, 1966 (OCoLC)607893962 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Aldo Leopold; Charles Walsh Schwartz |
| OCLC Number: | 232335 |
| Description: | xv, 269 p. illus. 22 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. Sand County almanac: -- January: January thaw -- February: Good oak -- March: The geese return -- April: Come high water -- Draba -- Bur oak -- Sky dance -- May: Back from the Argentine -- June: The Alder Fork -- July: Great possessions -- Prairie birthday -- August: The green pasture -- September: The choral copse -- October: Smoky gold -- Too early -- Red lanterns -- November: If I were the wind -- Axe-in-hand -- Mighty fortress -- December: Home range -- Pines above the snow -- 65290 -- pt. 2. The quality of landscape: Wisconsin: -- Marshland elegy -- The sand counties -- Odyssey -- On a monument to the pigeon -- Flambeau -- Deadening -- Illinois and Iowa: Illinois bus ride -- Red legs kicking -- Arizona and New Mexico: On top -- Thinking like a mountain -- Escudilla -- Chihuahua and Sonora: Guacamaja -- Green lagoons -- Song of the Gavilan -- Oregon and Utah: Cheat takes over -- Manitoba: Clandeboye -- pt. 3. A taste for country: Country -- A man's leisure time -- The Round River, a parable -- Natural history -- Wildlife in American culture -- The Deer swath -- Goose music -- pt. 4. The upshot: The land ethic -- Wilderness -- Conservation esthetic. |
| Responsibility: | Illustrated by Charles W. Schwartz. |
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