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de Aldo Leopold (Author) "EACH YEAR, after the midwinter blizzards, there comes a night of thaw when the tinkle of dripping water is heard in the land ..." En savoir plus
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Published in 1949, shortly after the author's death, A Sand County Almanac is a classic of nature writing, widely cited as one of the most influential nature books ever published. Writing from the vantage of his summer shack along the banks of the Wisconsin River, Leopold mixes essay, polemic, and memoir in his book's pages. In one famous episode, he writes of killing a female wolf early in his career as a forest ranger, coming upon his victim just as she was dying, "in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes.... I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view." Leopold's road-to-Damascus change of view would find its fruit some years later in his so-called land ethic, in which he held that nothing that disturbs the balance of nature is right. Much of Almanac elaborates on this basic premise, as well as on Leopold's view that it is something of a human duty to preserve as much wild land as possible, as a kind of bank for the biological future of all species. Beautifully written, quiet, and elegant, Leopold's book deserves continued study and discussion today. --Gregory McNamee --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.


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These original essays on the natural environment by renowned conservationist Leopold (1887-1948) were first published posthumously in 1949. In this edition, more than 80 lush photographs shot by nature photographer Sewell on Leopold's former Wisconsin farm accompany the text. Following the seasons, Leopold, whose seminal work in the U.S. Forest Service and in books and magazines helped shape the conservation movement in this country, shared his perceptive and carefully observed portraits of nature month by month. In April, he watched the "sky dance" of the woodcock, who flew upward in a series of spirals. As he hunted partridges in October, his way was lit by "red lanterns," the blackberry leaves that shone in the sun. A November rumination details how the products of tree diseases provide wooded shelters for woodpeckers, hives for wild bees and food for chickadees. Included also is an appreciative essay on wild marshland and several pieces stressing the importance of protecting the natural environment. Leopold sadly observed, "there is yet no ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it." His hope that society would develop an "ecological conscience" by placing what should be preserved above what is economically expedient remains relevant today. These evocative essays about the farm Leopold loved will again be enjoyed by nature lovers and preservationists alike. Though the book has been continuously in print, this beautiful illustrated edition, with its introduction by nature writer Brower (The Starship and the Canoe) will attract fans and newcomers and will make a great gift book this holiday season.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Possibly the most important book in American Conservation, Janv. 6 2002
Par John Anderson (Bar Harbor, ME USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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What does one say about a classic? Leopold obviously has his fanatic defenders, and there seems to be quite an industry these days in digging up everything that he ever wrote or said, including stuff that I imagine he would much rather have left lying. Fortunately this collection doesn't delve too deeply, and we get the best of Leopold as the conservationist/naturalist writing at the height of his powers. To be frank, the ecology of parts of Leopold's writing is very dated and in some cases simply wrong, but it is the product of a very different mind-set in which "stability" appeared to have validity, and while we may wonder at the evidence of other landscapes that Leopold ignores or skips over, we must also wonder at his skill as a writer in capturing a mood or the feel of particular places. In some ways what I find most important about Leopold -and what I point out to my "eco-fundamentalist" students- is here is someone who celebrated nature more eloquently than any other professional biologist that I have read, and yet here also is someone who never went out without his gun. In this sad age where "sportsmen" and "environmentalists" are too often on opposite sides of the same issue, it is important to reflect on an age when one could be both.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 The things we have forgotten, Avril 8 2002
Par Kevin J. Kearney "Free Markets!" (Rochester, NY USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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The best recommendation I can find for this book comes from another (one star) anti-review - entitled "Nature Lovers Only":

"This book has no value to the everyday person"

The reviewer is one of those everyday persons, a person who has become utterly disconnected from the land, and the ecosystem from which she has emerged. Leopold's book is about nature as experienced by those who live in it - not by those who see it from a car, or on the Discovery Channel. If you are an every day person, living in a suburban box, enjoying nature in officially sanctioned parks (closed at 11pm of course), fogging the area with Raid so that you can eat your macaroni salad, then you will not enjoy this book.

If, like me, you are trapped in this suburban nightmare, and have this feeling that something is TERRIBLY wrong, then this book will help you to understand WHY you feel so miserable: We live on a planet, and share the planet with an enormous, pervasive ecosystem of plants and animals - kept only temporarily at bay by our sheetrock and asphalt barriers. Leopold describes this world with stunning insight derived from a near infinite patience in the observation of the natural world. He goes out on his walks and expeditions into a slightly younger America, and reports back on the world as it is - the world "out there" - in a way that few have done before or since. Read this book and step out of your "every day person" life. No walk in the woods will ever be the same again!

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Wonderful, Mars 24 2004
Par Thomas Bonar (Cypress, TX United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: A Sand County Almanac: With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River (Paperback)
Read Walden, then read Sand County Almanac. They might just change the way you think about the world.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 A poetic journey for the diehard environmentalist
Are you one of those people who actually likes to read Thoreau? Well then you're missing out! Aldo Leopold is sooooo much better. Read more
Publié le Fév 22 2004 par veggiewrap001

4.0étoiles sur 5 An Environmental Classic
Aldo Leopold summarizes many environmental movements within this compilation of essays. The Sand County Almanac was one of those university-assigned books that I could not part... Read more
Publié le Janv. 20 2004

5.0étoiles sur 5 THE Conservation/outdoors Classic
Long considered the first book on conservation, this should be read by everyone. The author's love of land, wildlife and nature are fully expressed. Read more
Publié le Déc 11 2002 par Richard A. Mitchell

5.0étoiles sur 5 Simply the best
Aldo Leopold wrote these famous words: "There are those of us who can live without wild things and those of us who cannot. Read more
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Superb and thoughtful writing by a noted conservationist
If you have ever loved a wild place, or a secret place, or a place which calmed and sheltered you from the hustle of modern life, you must read Aldo Leopold's classic "A Sand... Read more
Publié le Sep 11 2002 par Catherine S. Vodrey

5.0étoiles sur 5 Illuminated Manuscript
Aldo Leopold's timeless prose is illuminated in this fantastic coffee table edition celebrating the 50 year anniversary of publication. Read more
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Like a mountain.
The "Almanac" has been published several ways during the past fifty years, I strongly recommend the book published by Oxford University Press. Read more
Publié le Juil 24 2002 par Wesley L. Janssen

5.0étoiles sur 5 A World Classic - Required Reading
Long considered the first book on conservation, this should be read by everyone. The author's love of land, wildlife and nature are fully expressed. Read more
Publié le Avril 10 2002 par rammoose

1.0étoiles sur 5 Nature Lovers Only
"There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot."
A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold, is a book written by a man who cannot. Read more
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5.0étoiles sur 5 What else could be said?
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