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The
River of the Mother of God
and
Other Essays by Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold
Edited by Susan L. Flader and J. Baird Callicott
Aldo Leopold has been called an American prophet, the father
of wildlife management, and one of the strongest advocates for
conservation.
His name is inextricably linked with a single work, A
Sand County Almanac, a classic of natural history literature
and the conservationist's bible. This book brings together the
best of Leopold's essays.
"Aldo Leopold was a rare and wonderful
combination of prophet, professor, civil servant, and muddy-boot
lover of the land. Like Henry David Thoreau and John Muir, his
heart was in the forest and the field, and his best-known work,
A Sand County Almanac, has rightly been compared in soul
and spirit to their writings. But unlike Thoreau and Muir, Leopold
also spent a lifetime in the suit-and-tie world of government
and academia. He led the way in propelling the United States
conservation movement from garden and shooting clubs to government
agencies and legislatures, and was perhaps the first person to
fully perceive the importance of a new scientific discipline—ecology—that
half a century later would have profound political impact.... Now, two Leopold experts have gathered together 59 essays
to show the breadth and depth of his thinking and above all his
intellectual development. . . . Flader and Callicott have done
an excellent job of giving public voice to a pioneer environmentalist."—Brad
Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor
"A fascinating
intellectual history.... This book, which includes a helpful
chronology of Leopold's life and a fine introduction written
by the editors, makes it clear that Leopold was deeply involved
in virtually all the land-use and environmental issues of his
day, and that he outlined most of the arguments conservationists
are still making—and still losing."—Bill McKibben, New York Times Book Review
"Readers
have a new opportunity to look upon the intellectual development
of this Midwestern-born scholar known as 'the father of wildlife
management.'... Passionate and thought-provoking."—Bill Nelson, Milwaukee Journal
"Reading
these essays is as fascinating as watching a great tree growing."—American
Forests
Aldo Leopold was professor of wildlife
management at the University of Wisconsin. Susan L. Flader
is professor of history at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
J. Baird Callicott is professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point.
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The University
of Wisconsin Press publishes several books about Aldo Leopold
and many related titles on environmental topics. Use our search feature
to find other books of interest.
Here are some of the key titles:
The Essential
Aldo Leopold
Quotations and Commentaries
Edited by Curt D. Meine and Richard L. Knight
Aldo Leopold
His Life and Work
Curt Meine
Game Management
Aldo
Leopold
With a new Foreword by Laurence R. Jahn
Thinking
Like A Mountain
Aldo
Leopold and the Evolution of an Ecological Attitude toward Deer,
Wolves, and Forests
Susan L. Flader
Prairie Time
The Leopold Reserve Revisited
John Ross and Beth Ross
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March
1991
400 pp. 6 x 9
12 halftones, 6 line drawings
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