TY - BOOK AU - Leopold,Aldo TI - A Sand County almanac, and sketches here and there SN - 0195053052 (alk. paper) AV - QH81 .L56 1987 U1 - 508.73 19 PY - 1987///, c1949 CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Natural history KW - Outdoor books KW - Nature conservation KW - United States N2 - Publisher description: This special edition of the highly acclaimed A Sand County Almanac commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Aldo Leopold, one of the foremost conservationists of our century. First published in 1949, it combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. It is a unique book, a classic work of conservation, the forerunner of such important books as Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Edward Abbey's Desert Solitaire, and Robert Finch's The Primal Place ER -