Aldo Leopold's Odyssey: Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597260452 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 504 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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A household icon of the environmental movement, Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) may be the most quoted conservationist in history. But who is the man behind the words? How did he arrive at his profound and poetic insights, inspiring generations of environmentalists? Building on past scholarship and a fresh study of Leopold's unpublished archival materials, Julianne Lutz Newton retraces the intellectual journey that generated such passion and intelligence.Aldo Leopold's Odyssey illuminates his lifelong quest for answers to a fundamental issue: how can people live prosperously on the land and keep it healthy, too? Leopold's journey took him from Iowa to Yale to the Southwest to Wisconsin, with fascinating stops along the way to probe the causes of early land settlement failure
From Booklist Conservationist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) is revered for his gorgeous prose, deep appreciation for the beauty and "rightness" of the living world, and profound moral sense of how we should live on the land. If only we would take his conservation ethic to heart. Leopold conceived of the land as "a fountain of energy" flowing through soil (soil conversation was a primary mission), plants, waterways, animals (Leopold was an avid hunter and the nation's leading wildlife expert), and humans. Donna SeamanCopyright © American Library Association. But the story of how this Yale-educated midwesterner become one of the nation's first professional foresters and a groundbreaking environmental educator, and developed his commonsensical "land ethic," has not been fully studied until now. Ecologist Newton offers not a biography but, rather, an exacting chronicle of Leopold's intellectual and professional odyssey. He knew that to sustai
A surprising, penetrating, lyrical study Readers who think they know Leopold, whether from his classic A Sand County Almanac or from earlier writings about him, are in for a real surprise. We see here, far better than ever before, the science underlying Leopold's conservation thought; he was at the forefront of ecology, not merely a consumer of it. Even more, we see how Leopold moved step by step to the (for him) painful realization that true conservation was not possible without significant cultural change, which in turn required committed conservationists to step u. A wonderful, rich and compelling book This terrific book has greatly influenced my thinking as an environmental historian, as well as contributing to a wider conversation about the essential importance and influence of Leopold. And it's impossible to understand the reviewer comment above stating that this book wanders into personal narrative. This book is a historical, intellectual biography of one of the most important thinkers for our time. There is no personal narrative in it at all!. "Held my interest completely! An important read!" according to John de Graaf. Wonderful intellectual history of The development of Leopold's thinkinga way of thinking that ought to be reqired reading in our high schools. We need the land ethic and many more people need to read this book!