A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There

ISBN-13:	9780197500262
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/01/2020
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	19,502
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)

Few books have had a greater impact than A Sand County Almanac, which many credit with launching a revolution in land management. Written as a series of sketches based principally upon the flora and fauna in a rural part of Wisconsin, the book, originally published by Oxford in 1949, gathers informal pieces written by Leopold over a forty-year period as he traveled through the woodlands of Wisconsin, Iowa, Arizona, Sonora, Oregon, Manitoba, and elsewhere; a final section addresses the philosophical issues involved in wildlife conservation. Beloved for its description and evocation of the natural world, Leopold's book, which has sold well over 2 million copies, remains a foundational text in environmental science and a national treasure.