About this title: Published to mark the centenary of the birth of Aldo Leopold, one of the world's foremost conservationists, this is a special edition of an outspoken and highly ethical view of America's relationship to the land. It is considered a seminal work of the environmental movement.
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Description: Fair. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Has slight smoke odor. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Pub Date: 6/15/1989 Binding: Paperback Pages: 256. read more
Edition: Cmv
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195059281ISBN:019505928X
Description: Fine. 019505928X Ships next business day. NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small blue OUP stamp on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195059281ISBN:019505928X
Description: Very Good. 019505928X Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light discoloration due to aging and other light wear. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780195059281ISBN:019505928X
Description: Good with no dust jacket. 9780195059281. 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.3 Inches; 228 pages; Soft Cover Paperback, No Dust Jacket, Shows Wear; Highlight on some text pages, Notes written in front cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1987-10-22
ISBN-13:9780195053050ISBN:0195053052
Description: Good in Very good jacket. Gift inscription. Light fading to board edges, light wear to spine ends. Dustjacket shows some light rubbing and light wear along edges. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780195059281ISBN:019505928X
Description: Schwartz, Charles W. New. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent copy, tight and clean, no marks. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Contains: Illustrations. Outdoor Essays & Reflections. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780195059281ISBN:019505928X
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Edition: No Edition Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780195053050ISBN:0195053052
Description: Charles W. Schwartz. Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library Ex-library book with a mylar covered dust jacket. Library sticker on spine and on front cover. Novel. Hard cover. Shelf D-2. read more
My mom gave me this book a couple years ago with her strong recommendation. I had some trepidation about reading a 60-70 year-old environmental book. I shouldn't have; it was great. Occasionally something in the book would feel dated but overall it was remarkable to me how well it had held up and how current and relevant it felt. Not sure if that means the issues haven't changed much in the last 60-70 years, or he was ahead of his time. Probably both.
The book is in 3 parts.
1. sketches organized by month of the year; also on some particular topic but the theme was generally "boy, nature is a remarkable thing". it's not easy to pull off making "wow, this flower is pretty" interesting to the reader (at least to me) but he did it quite well and these were a joy to read. it helped that he was incredibly knowledgeable about nature, both in the sense of a professional naturalist and in the sense of a guy who tramps around outside a lot and keeps his eyes wide open, and that he conveys that knowledge well. the sketches contained a lot of specific observations that were both interesting in themselves and also conveyed the "nature is a remarkable thing" message much more effectively than just writing how pretty it all is.
2. essays, again each on a particular topic, but generally with a theme of "boy is it sad how nature is being despoiled". these were naturally not quite so fun and uplifting, but there was still some of that, and overall these were equal in quality to the first section.
3. essays of a much more general nature on environmental topics, e.g. how developing a land ethic is key to having society value nature and hence ultimately preserve it. The introduction to the book practically warned the reader not to read these (be very afraid! these are harder to read!) and that was occasionally true, but overall I thought these chapters were equally compelling, albeit in a different way. AL is a very clear thinker and I appreciated how he laid out his arguments, examined things from multiple angles, etc. It was basically exactly how I would have requested a discussion of those issues be laid out.
Whenever I read the book, I enjoyed it, but I would also note that I put it down several times and it took me probably a year to get from beginning to end; that has to reflect something, so I gave it 4 stars instead of 5."
"I read this a long time ago. The book is, in my opinion, a manifesto for an environmental policy that is not predicated on traditional economic cost/benefit analysis. It suggests that what is valuable to us is sometimes not quantifiable in dollars and cents, and that we had better take account of that fact before it is too late. Having grown up hunting and fishing in Kentucky, I had a hard time understanding all the hoopla when I read it. It seemed to me that the book did nothing more than state the obvious. Later, I came to understand that what seemed obvious to me at the time was not obvious to many others."
"Thoughtful, far-raching, poignant. I feel as if I'm there with him observing nature and the changing of the seasons. It made me get a map out and follow along. The part about the pigeons and other extinct wildlife both flora and fauna is an eye opener. I especially loved his canoeing journey down the delta of the Colorado river - the green lagoons are there no more. He must have been very observant indeed to notice the changes to the environment 60 years ago, so few people realized the long term impacts. I highly highly recommend this book."
"Powerful, inspiring, and passion driven is just a few words I would use to describe this book. Anyone who doubts the importance of conservations needs to read this book. I loved the book but it takes it made me cry, made me rage and made me question a lot of things. His words were powerful and really made me think about what I believe and how I impacted the world I lived in. You could feel so much in his words and on passage in particular will stay with me forever. " We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes-something only known to her and the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves meant a hunter's paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view" That my friends is a message that everyone needs to hear and understand!"
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