Stories from the Leopold Shack

Sand County Revisited

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection
Cover of the book Stories from the Leopold Shack by Estella B. Leopold, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Estella B. Leopold ISBN: 9780190463243
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: May 13, 2016
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Estella B. Leopold
ISBN: 9780190463243
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: May 13, 2016
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

In 1934, conservationist Aldo Leopold and his wife Estella bought a barn - the remnant of a farm - and surrounding lands in south-central Wisconsin. The entire Leopold clan - five children in all - worked together to put into practice Aldo's "land ethic," which involved ecological restoration and sustainability. In the process, they built more than a pleasant weekend getaway; they established a new way of relating to nature. In 1948, A Sand County Almanac was published, and it has become a beloved and foundational text of the conservation movement. Decades later, Estella B. Leopold, the youngest of the Leopold children - she was eight when they bought the land - now reflects on the "Shack," as they called the repurposed barn, and its inhabitants, and recalls with clear-eyed fondness the part it played in her and her siblings' burgeoning awareness of nature's miracles, season by season. In Stories from the Leopold Shack: Sand County Revisited, she unforgettably recalls the intensity of those days: the taste of fresh honey on sourdough pancakes; the trumpeting arrival of migrating Canada geese; the awesome power of river ice driven by currents - and each description is accompanied by stunning photographs by her brother, A. Carl Leopold. As the Leopolds worked to restore degraded farmland back to its original prairie and woods, they noted and celebrated all of the flora and fauna that came to share the Shack lands. As first evoked in A Sand County Almanac, and now revisited in Stories from the Leopold Shack, the Leopold family's efforts of ecological restoration were among the earliest in the United States, and their work, collectively and individually, continues to have a profound impact on land management and conservationism. All of Aldo and Estella Leopold's children went on to become distinguished scientists and to devote themselves to a life of conservation; their work continues through the Aldo Leopold Foundation. Estella B. Leopold book offers a voyage back to the place where it all began.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In 1934, conservationist Aldo Leopold and his wife Estella bought a barn - the remnant of a farm - and surrounding lands in south-central Wisconsin. The entire Leopold clan - five children in all - worked together to put into practice Aldo's "land ethic," which involved ecological restoration and sustainability. In the process, they built more than a pleasant weekend getaway; they established a new way of relating to nature. In 1948, A Sand County Almanac was published, and it has become a beloved and foundational text of the conservation movement. Decades later, Estella B. Leopold, the youngest of the Leopold children - she was eight when they bought the land - now reflects on the "Shack," as they called the repurposed barn, and its inhabitants, and recalls with clear-eyed fondness the part it played in her and her siblings' burgeoning awareness of nature's miracles, season by season. In Stories from the Leopold Shack: Sand County Revisited, she unforgettably recalls the intensity of those days: the taste of fresh honey on sourdough pancakes; the trumpeting arrival of migrating Canada geese; the awesome power of river ice driven by currents - and each description is accompanied by stunning photographs by her brother, A. Carl Leopold. As the Leopolds worked to restore degraded farmland back to its original prairie and woods, they noted and celebrated all of the flora and fauna that came to share the Shack lands. As first evoked in A Sand County Almanac, and now revisited in Stories from the Leopold Shack, the Leopold family's efforts of ecological restoration were among the earliest in the United States, and their work, collectively and individually, continues to have a profound impact on land management and conservationism. All of Aldo and Estella Leopold's children went on to become distinguished scientists and to devote themselves to a life of conservation; their work continues through the Aldo Leopold Foundation. Estella B. Leopold book offers a voyage back to the place where it all began.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book Vaughan Williams on Music by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book Listening on the Edge by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book Wayward Christian Soldiers by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book On the Edge of the Cold War by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book Bugsplat by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book Reforming Jim Crow by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book The Canterville Ghost - With Audio Level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book Emerson's Ghosts by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book Fuzzy Logic and Mathematics by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book Reorienting Ozu by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book La Catastrophe by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book The Old Testament: A Very Short Introduction by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book Is There Anything Good About Men? by Estella B. Leopold
Cover of the book Religion and Community in the New Urban America by Estella B. Leopold
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy