Aldo Leopold's Odyssey

A household icon of the environmental movement, Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) may be the most quoted conservationist in history. A Sand County Almanac has sold millions of copies and Leopold's writings are venerated for their perceptions about land and how people might live in concert with the whole...

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Main Author: Warren, Julianne Lutz.
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2016.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxix, 483 pages) : 2 illustrations.
Edition: Tenth anniversary edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Seed Plots
  • 2. Written on the Hills
  • 3. The Middle Border Chapter
  • 4. Interpreting Pharaoh's Dream
  • 5. An American System
  • 6. A Common Concept of Land
  • 7. Ecological Poetry
  • 8. The Germ and the Juggernaut
  • 9. Wildlife and the New Man
  • 10. Knowing Nature
  • 11. A New Kind of Conservation
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.