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  • ISBN:
    0195146174
  • ISBN-13:
    9780195146172
  • PUB. DATE:
    November 2001
  • PUBLISHER:
    Oxford University Press
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A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, Michael Sewell (Photographer), Kenneth Brower (Introduction)

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Great Book, but can't give this a good review.by WildlifeStudent

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It should be known that anyone who wishes to purchase this audio file, that the book is incomplete. It completely lacks parts 2 and 3 ("Sketches Here and There" and "The Upshot"). I know it is listed as an abridged version, but at the time of the review, the "features" section lists all 3 parts. I feel like I've been fooled. So unless you only want part 1, steer clear.

makes you think!by ladyhawke28

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If you are an outdoorsy person or a hunter you may want to pick up this book. Leopold reallymakes you think about conservation, what we've done to our land and what we can do to turn our mistakes around. The book is not really exciting and is a slower read. The sentence structure and vocabulary make you have to read slowly and you might want a dictionary.

A Classic For a Reasonby Anonymous

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A Sand County Almanac is considered by many to be a classic, and for good reason. I highly recommend this book not only to environmental enthusiasts, but to anyone who has at least some level of appreciation for the outdoors. The book is beautifully written, but not overdone. Some writers tend to go over the top with descriptions of nature, but somehow Leopold manages to find a happy medium that makes...


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A Sand County Almanac

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  • Pub. Date: November 2001
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Sales Rank: 157,988

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Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac has enthralled generations of nature lovers and conservationists and is indeed revered by everyone seriously interested in protecting the natural world. Hailed for prose that is "full of beauty and vigor and bite" (The New York Times), it is perhaps the finest example of nature writing since Thoreau's Walden.
Now this classic work is available in a completely redesigned and lavishly illustrated gift edition, featuring over one hundred beautiful full-color pictures by Michael Sewell, one of the country's leading nature photographers. Sewell, whose work has graced the pages of Audubon and Sierra magazines, walked Leopold's property in Wisconsin and shot these photographs specifically for this edition, allowing readers to see Sand County as Leopold saw it. The resulting layout is spectacular. But the heart of the book remains Leopold's carefully rendered observations of nature. Here we follow Leopold throughout the year, from January to December, as he walks about the rural Wisconsin landscape, watching a woodcock dance skyward in golden afternoon light, or spying a rough-legged hawk dropping like a feathered bomb on its prey. And perhaps most important are Leopold's trenchant comments throughout the book on our abuse of the land and on what we must do to preserve this invaluable treasure. This edition also includes two of Leopold's most eloquent essays on conservation, "The Land Ethic" and "Marshland Elegy."
With this gift edition of A Sand County Almanac, a new generation of readers can walk beside one of America's most respected naturalists as he conveys the beauty of a marsh before sunrise or the wealth of history to be found in an ancient oak.

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"In this new edition, Sewell's photography illustrated the time-honored text with splendid color photographs taken on location at Leopold's property. This is a great book to read snuggled under a blanket ... or to give to anyone on your list who could use a closer communication with the natural world."

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Biography

Michael Sewell is a widely recognized nature photographer with a long-standing relationship with the Sierra Club. A book of his photographs, Bay Area Wild: A Celebration of the Natural Heritage of the San Francisco Bay Area, was published in 1997. Kenneth Brower is a prominent environmental writer and advocate whose books include The Starship and the Canoe.