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    Let the Great World Spin

    Colum McCann

A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River (Outdoor Essays & Reflections)

by Aldo Leopold

A Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) Cover

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"We can place this book on the shelf that holds the writings of Thoreau and John Muir." San Francisco Chronicle

These astonishing portraits of the natural world explore the breathtaking diversity of the unspoiled American landscape — the mountains and the prairies, the deserts and the coastlines. A stunning tribute to our land and a bold challenge to protect the world we love.

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ROSEMARY COPLAN, January 12, 2009 (view all comments by ROSEMARY COPLAN)
stunning, lovely images of the world many of us remember and love. Poetry in prose - in hard times this book has been my last medition before rest.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780345345059
Subtitle:
With Essays on Conservation from Round River
Foreword:
Schwartz, Charles W.
Foreword:
Leopold, Aldo
Author:
Leopold, Aldo
Preface:
Leopold, Aldo
Author:
Schwartz, Charles W.
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection
Subject:
Natural Resources
Subject:
Nature conservation
Subject:
Wildlife conservation
Subject:
Almanacs
Subject:
Natural history
Subject:
Yearbooks and annuals
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Subject:
Nature conservation -- United States.
Copyright:
c196
Edition Description:
1st Ballantine Books ed.
Series:
Outdoor Essays & Reflections
Series Volume:
105-631
Publication Date:
December 1986
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
6.88x4.26x.85 in. .36 lbs.
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