Round River

by Leopold, Aldo; Leopold, Luna B.; Schwartz, Charles W.

• ISBN13: 9780195015638
• ISBN10: 0195015630
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1972-03-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

To those who know the charm of Aldo Leopold's writing in A Sand County Almanac , this collection from his journals and essays will be a new delight. The journal entries included here were written in camp during his many field trips--hunting, fishing, and exploring--and they indicate the source of ideas on land ethics found in his longer essays. They reflect as well two long canoe trips in Canada and a sojourn in Mexico, where Leopold hunted deer with bow and arrow. The essays presented here are culled from the more contemplative notes which were still in manuscript form at the time of Leopold's death in 1948, fighting a brush fire on a neighbor's farm. Round River has been edited by Leopold's son, Luna, a geologist well-known in the field of conservation. It is also charmingly illustrated with line drawings by Charles W. Schwartz. All admirers of Leopold's work--indeed, all lovers of nature--will find this book richly rewarding.

Author Biography

Aldo Leopold was born in Iowa in 1887. He was the author of A Sand County Almanac and was posthumously awarded the John Burroughs Medal in 1978 for his lifetime achievement. At the time of his death he was an advisor on conservation for the United Nations.

Table of Contents

A Man's Leisure Time	p. 3
Country	p. 9
The Delta Colorado	p. 10
Country	p. 31
Canada, 1924	p. 34
Natural History - The Forgotten Science	p. 57
Canada, 1925	p. 65
Reunion	p. 77
Red Fox Day	p. 80
Current River, 1926	p. 83
The Lily	p. 94
The Gila, 1927	p. 96
Gus's Last Hunt	p. 106
Blue River	p. 108
The Gila, 1929	p. 110
The Deer Swath	p. 126
Deadening	p. 129
Sierra Madre, 1937	p. 130
The Round River	p. 143
Conservation	p. 145
The Round River - A Parable	p. 158
Goose Music	p. 166
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