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A Sage For All Seasons.(environmentalists Aldo Leopold)

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| September 01, 1998 | Jackson, Donald Dale | COPYRIGHT 1998 Smithsonian Institution. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Aldo Leopold articulated a new way to look at the land and its creatures

On april 14, 1948, Aldo Leopold learned that a collection of his essays about nature and conservation had been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press. His daughter Nina Bradley remembers he was thrilled. "He'd been on a Presidential commission, but that wasn't as big a thing as getting the book accepted." The working title was Great Possessions, but it was published the following year as A Sand County Almanac.

A few days after getting the good news, Leopold, his wife, Estella, and their youngest daughter, also named Estella, drove to the family's getaway "shack" on the ...

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