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Aldo Leopold His Life and Work Curt Meine Aldo Leopold is unique in the degree to which his life and work continue to exert influ- ence on those who are con- cerned with the quality of our natural environment. This book is written for those who wish to understand this un- usual and gifted man better, as well as for those who wish to gain greater insight into the evolution of the American landscape. The first com- prehensive biography, it will stand as definitive for years to come. "This is a story well worth reading and, happily, it’s good fun to boot. The author has skillfully captured Leopold the man, the scientist, the philosopher-- furthermore, anyone who begins to read it will soon be captured, too." --Gaylord Nelson ~ The Wilderness Society "... the core of American thinking about conserva- tion runs from Thoreau to Muir to Leopold .... Leopold is the most significant conservationist of the last seventy years; and this is the first full-scale biography, the fzrst to make such extensive use of the Leopold papers. Thus it makes available reams of material that can be found nowhere else. There is no other book like this one." --Stephen Fox Author of The American Conservation Movement: John Muir and His Legacy LC 87-40367 638 pages, 56 illus./6 x 9 in. ISBN 0-299-11490-2/Cloth $29.50t Now in paperback Companion to A Sand County Almanac Edited by J. Baird Callicott Praised by the New York Times for its "high quality" and by Sierra for being "first rate,’" this collection of arti- cles, written by the leading scholars of Leopold and envi- ronmental ethics, represents the first sustained look at Leopold’s seminal book as a work of art~ philosophy, and social commentary. It will en- rich the general reader’s appreciation of a favorite literary friend while it provides new information and thoughtful analysis for environmental scholars, man- agers, and planners. "J. Baird Callicott does for this contemporary vade mecum what Philip Van Doren Stem’s The Annotated Walden did for Thoreau’s great work. Roderick Nash pursues Leopold’s intellectual heritage. Susan Flader details the history of Leopold’s woodland hideaway. Wallace Stegner analyzes the legacy of what he calls an ’almost holy book.’ The authority of these and other contributors both confirms its subject’s cen- trality to 20th-century thought and marks the study itself as vital to a wider understanding of its birth." --Choice LC 87-10396 310 pages, 4 illus., 1 map/5½ xS½ in. ISBN 0-299-11234-9/Paper $12.95 WISCONSIN University of Wisconsin Press 114 N. Murray St., Madison, WI 53715

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Aldo LeopoldHis Life and WorkCurt Meine

Aldo Leopold is unique in thedegree to which his life andwork continue to exert influ-ence on those who are con-cerned with the quality of ournatural environment. Thisbook is written for those whowish to understand this un-usual and gifted man better,as well as for those who wishto gain greater insight into the

evolution of the American landscape. The first com-prehensive biography, it will stand as definitive foryears to come.

"This is a story well worth reading and, happily, it’sgood fun to boot. The author has skillfully capturedLeopold the man, the scientist, the philosopher--furthermore, anyone who begins to read it will soonbe captured, too."

--Gaylord Nelson ~The Wilderness Society

"... the core of American thinking about conserva-tion runs from Thoreau to Muir to Leopold ....Leopold is the most significant conservationist of thelast seventy years; and this is the first full-scalebiography, the fzrst to make such extensive use of theLeopold papers. Thus it makes available reams ofmaterial that can be found nowhere else. There is noother book like this one."

--Stephen FoxAuthor of The American ConservationMovement: John Muir and His Legacy

LC 87-40367638 pages, 56 illus./6 x 9 in.ISBN 0-299-11490-2/Cloth $29.50t

Now in paperback

Companion toA Sand CountyAlmanacEdited by J. Baird Callicott

Praised by the New YorkTimes for its "high quality"and by Sierra for being "firstrate,’" this collection of arti-cles, written by the leadingscholars of Leopold and envi-ronmental ethics, representsthe first sustained look atLeopold’s seminal book as awork of art~ philosophy, andsocial commentary. It will en-

rich the general reader’s appreciation of a favoriteliterary friend while it provides new information andthoughtful analysis for environmental scholars, man-agers, and planners.

"J. Baird Callicott does for this contemporary vademecum what Philip Van Doren Stem’s The AnnotatedWalden did for Thoreau’s great work. Roderick Nashpursues Leopold’s intellectual heritage. Susan Fladerdetails the history of Leopold’s woodland hideaway.Wallace Stegner analyzes the legacy of what he callsan ’almost holy book.’ The authority of these andother contributors both confirms its subject’s cen-trality to 20th-century thought and marks the studyitself as vital to a wider understanding of its birth."

--Choice

LC 87-10396310 pages, 4 illus., 1 map/5½ xS½ in.ISBN 0-299-11234-9/Paper $12.95

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