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Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948.

A Sand County almanac : with essays on conservation / Aldo Leopold ; photographs by Michael Sewell ; introduction by Kenneth Brower.

New York : Oxford University Press, [2001]

©2001

190 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

A collection of nature writings by American conservationist Aldo Leopold based on his experiences and feelings while at his weekend farm along the Wisconsin River, illustrated with photographs taken at the farm over the course of a year.

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 -- Marshland elegy -- The land ethic. The ethical sequence -- The community concept -- The ecological conscience -- Substitutes for a land ethic -- The land pyramid -- Land health and the A-B cleavage -- The outlook.

Natural history -- Outdoor books.

Natural history -- United States.

Nature conservation -- United States.

Sewell, Michael, 1960-

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