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Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (Oxford University Press 1949) A classic text of nature writing, this book combines masterful prose combined with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for people's relationship with the land. Through a series of descriptive essays, in the style of Thoreau, Leopold builds a powerful case for conservation and respect for the natural world. Leopold is inspiration for later writers important in the environmentalist genre such as Annie Dillard and Edward Abbey. "There is a rudeness and vigor to Leopold's writing that goes directly to the heart of the subject and the heart of the reader One of the seminal works of the environmental movement." _The Boston Globe "Outdoor prose writing at it's best A trenchant book, full of deep beauty and vigor and bite All through it is Leopold's deep love for a healthy land." —The New York Times Book Review "Leopold's principal and extraordinary contribution to our world was to articulate the idea of a land ethic. The human relation to land, he wrote, "is still strictly economic, entailing privileges but not obligations." Leopold believed that the basis of successful conservation was to extend to nature the ethical sense of responsibility that humans extend to each other....The power of Leopold's argument-buttressed as it is by his clear, vigorous prose-has not been blunted in the least. In fact, his argument seems more urgently true now than ever." _The New York Times, November 13, 1999 MORE: Amazon |
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