- Natural history, Nature conservation, Outdoor books, Natural history, outdoor books
First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for Americas relationship to the land.
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Earnest, contemplative, character-led and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Aldo Leopold
- First published
- 1977
- Pages
- 269
- Publisher
- Tian Xia, Tamarack Press, Highbridge Audio
- Editions
- 29
- Language
- und, Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9780195146172
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“EACH YEAR, after the midwinter blizzards, there comes a night of thaw when the tinkle of dripping water is heard in the land.”
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