Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology (Loa #238) - (Library of America) (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A Sand County almanac is often hailed as a foundational work of the modern environmental movement. Here, it is paired with over fifty other pieces by Leopold: uncollected articles, essays, speeches, and other writings that chart the evolution of his ideas over the course of three decades.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A special edition of one of the greatest masterpieces of the environmental movement--plus original photographs and other writings on environmental ethics</b> <p/>Since his death in 1948, Aldo Leopold has been increasingly recognized as one of the indispensable figures of American environmentalism. A pioneering forester, sportsman, wildlife manager, and ecologist, he was also a gifted writer whose farsighted land ethic is proving increasingly relevant in our own time. Now, Leopold's essential contributions to our literature--some hard-to-find or previously unpublished--are gathered in a single volume for the first time. <p/>Here is his classic <i>A</i> <i>Sand County Almanac</i>, hailed--along with Thoreau's <i>Walden</i> and Carson's <i>Silent Spring--</i>as one of the main literary influences on the modern environmental movement. Published in 1949, it remains a vivid, firsthand, philosophical tour de force. Along with <i>Sand</i> <i>County </i>are more than fifty articles, essays, and lectures exploring the new complexities of ecological science and what we would now call environmental ethics. Leopold's sharp-eyed, often humorous journals are illustrated here for the first time with his original photographs, drawings, and maps. Also unique to this collection is a selection of over 100 letters, most of them never before published, tracing his personal and professional evolution and his efforts to foster in others the love and sense of responsibility he felt for the land. <p/><b>LIBRARY OF AMERICA</b> is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>CURT MEINE, </b>editor, serves as Director of Conservation Biology and History for the Center for Humans and Nature and Senior Fellow of the Aldo Leopold Foundation. He is the author of <i>Aldo</i> <i>Leopold: His Life and Work</i>--the definitive biography of Leopold--and <i>Correction Lines: Essays on Land, </i> <i>Leopold, and Conservation. </i>He lives in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.
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