The Bottom Line
The SCA is a book easily affordable, a must for the serious conservationist, and a great read.
Pros
- The essays are endlessly quotable.
- A classic in poetic conservation prose.
Cons
- Some ecological material is dated.
Description
- Leopold enjoyed and described nature better than most conservationists even as he used his gun.
- Aldo Leopold highlights the seasons as part of his tour of the natural world.
- The book is prolifically illustrated by Charles W. Schwartz.
Guide Review - A Sand County Almanac
This is a reveiw of a series of portraits of the natural world called A Sand County Almanac and written by Aldo Leopold. Leopold was a forester, the father of wildlife management and an excellent writer of conservation prose. This is my favorite book in the area of the natural resources. This book is easily affordable, a must for the serious conservationist, and a great read. A Sand County Almanac explores the diversity of the unspoiled American landscape with extraordinary insight. Aldo Leopold was a visionary who still influences American conservation policy.
