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Main Title A Sand County almanac, and Sketches here and there /
Author Leopold, Aldo,
Publisher Oxford Univ. Press,
Year Published 1949
OCLC Number 08991839
ISBN 9780195007770; 0195007778
Subjects Natural history--Outdoor books ; Natural history--United States ; Wildlife conservation
Additional Subjects Natural history--Outdoor books ; Natural history--United States ; Wild life, Protection of
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EJBM  QH81.L56 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 02/28/2007
Collation xiii, 226 pages illustrations 22 cm
Contents Notes
The delights and dilemmas of a 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 -- A mighty fortress -- December: Home range -- Pines above the snow -- 65290 -- 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 -- Conservation esthetic -- Wildlife in American culture -- Wilderness -- The Land ethic. Nature writings of Aldo Leopold, one of the foremost conservationists of our century.