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Aldo Leopold

The environmental classic that redefined the way we think about the natural world—an urgent call for preservation that’s more timely than ever. “We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir.”—San Francisco Chronicle These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape—the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. Conjuring up one extraordinary vision after another, Aldo Leopold takes readers with him on the road and through the seasons on a fantastic tour of our priceless natural resources, explaining the destructive effects humankind has had on the land and issuing a bold challenge to protect the world we love.

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Author

Aldo Leopold

Pages

320

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published Date

1986-12-12

ISBN

0345345053 9780345345059

Ratings

Google: 5

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"Life changing"

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Jenny june

"This book takes you through the year, describing accounts of the lives of wildlife and the authors connection with them. Some of the creative writing elements like telling American environmental history through the rings of a tree are breathtaking in their uniqueness and genuine beauty. This book is short, simple in message, and yet, in its brevity conveys all that is intended to sway you to change your point of view. "

Braden

"In the beginning when he is describing all that probably or did happen on his land in different years, while sawing though the tree. When I work and I'm doing something the requires a lot of physical labor I hear Rest! cries the chief sawyer, and we pause for breath.” once the task is done "