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9780299249045

Aldo Leopold

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  • ISBN13:

    9780299249045

  • ISBN10:

    0299249042

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-10-19
  • Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Summary

This biography of Aldo Leopold follows him from his childhood as a precocious naturalist to his profoundly influential role in the development of conservation and modern environmentalism in the United States. This edition includes a new preface by author Curt Meine and an appreciation by acclaimed Kentucky writer and farmer Wendell Berry.

Author Biography

Curt D. Meine is director for conservation biology and history with the Center for Humans and Nature; senior fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation; research associate with the International Crane Foundation; and associate adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is coeditor of The Essential Aldo Leopold, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

Table of Contents

Aldo Leopold: A Reader's Testimonyp. xi
Preface to the 2010 Editionp. xvii
Preface to the 1988 Editionp. xxxiii
Acknowledgmentsp. xxxv
Midwest
Sources (1843-1887)p. 3
Prospect Hill (1887-1904)p. 12
East
Lawrenceville (1904-1905)p. 33
New Haven (1905-1906)p. 51
Forest School (1906-1909)p. 62
Southwest
Apache: The Breaks of the Blue (1909-1911)p. 87
Carson: A Delightful Turmoil (1911-1913)p. 106
On Top (1913-1915)p. 124
"To Promote the Protection and Enjoyment of Wild Things..." (1915-1919)p. 144
Chief of Operations (1919-1922)p. 175
Pioneers and Gullies (1923-1924)p. 211
Wisconsin
A Fish out of Water (1924-1928)p. 231
"Game Methods: The American Way" (1928-1932)p. 259
Consulting Forester (1932-1933)p. 291
The Professor (1933-1934)p. 308
The Value of Wilderness (1934-1935)p. 340
Toward a Biotic View of Land (1936-1939)p. 362
Digging Deeper (1939-1941)p. 397
Land Use and Democracy (1942-1945)p. 430
A Portent of a Different Future (1945-1947)p. 474
Finale (1947-1948)p. 506
Epiloguep. 521
Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliographyp. 533
Notesp. 535
Bibliographyp. 589
Indexp. 621
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“Of all the conservationists who have preceded us, Leopold was the most radical, the most complete, and therefore the most needed. . . . Because his writing has, to such an extent, the quality of his character, and because his character was so much that of a conservationist, it is particularly needful that we should know the story of his life. Curt Meine has supplied this need, and he helps us to see clearly how Leopold’s writing originated in his life. . . . Leopold was indistinguishably a man of words and a man of deeds, and we see this more clearly in Meine’s biography than in Leopold’s writings.”—Wendell Berry, from the appreciation

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