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Aldo Leopold

Aldo Leopold

Born 1886 · Died 1948

From Burlington, Iowa, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes nonfiction

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Quotes

  • “Nonconformity is the highest evolutionary attainment of social animals.”
    1920s, p. 8
  • “Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.”
    "The Land Ethic", p. 207
  • “We stand guard over works of art, but species representing the work of aeons are stolen from under our noses.”
    Game Management, 1933
  • “He who hopes for spring with upturned eye never sees so small a thing as Draba. He who despairs of spring with downcast eye steps on it, unknowingly. He who searches for spring with his knees in the mud finds it, in abundance.”
    "April: Come High Water," "April: Draba," "April: Bur Oak," & "April:Sky Dance", p. 26
  • “Once you learn to read the land, I have no fear of what you will do to it, or with it. And I know many pleasant things it will do to you.”
    1940s, p. 337

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Books by Aldo Leopold in order

Books by Aldo Leopold in the order they were published, from Report of Game Survey of Minnesota (1928) to Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (1949).

  1. 1Report of Game Survey of MinnesotaReport of Game Survey of Minnesota1928
  2. 2Report on Game Survey of IowaReport on Game Survey of Iowa1928
  3. 3Report on Game Survey of MichiganReport on Game Survey of Michigan1928
  4. 4Report on Game Survey of OhioReport on Game Survey of Ohio1928
  5. 5Report on a Game Survey of IndianaReport on a Game Survey of Indiana1929
  6. 6Report on a Game Survey of MississippiReport on a Game Survey of Mississippi1929
  7. 7Report on a Game Survey of WisconsinReport on a Game Survey of Wisconsin1929
  8. 8Report on a Game Survey of MissouriReport on a Game Survey of Missouri1930
  9. 9Report on a Game Survey of the North Central StatesReport on a Game Survey of the North Central States1931
  10. 10Game ManagementGame Management1933
  11. 11The Farmer as ConservationistThe Farmer as Conservationist1939
  12. 12A Sand Country Almanac, and Sketches Here and ThereA Sand Country Almanac, and Sketches Here and There1949
  13. 13Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and ThereSand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There1949
  14. 14A Sand County AlmanacA Sand County Almanac
  15. 15A Sand County Almanac with Essays on Conservation from RoundA Sand County Almanac with Essays on Conservation from Round River
  16. 16Aldo LeopoldAldo Leopold
  17. 17Aldo Leopold's WildernessAldo Leopold's Wilderness
  18. 18For the Health of the LandFor the Health of the Land
  19. 19Round RiverRound River
  20. 20Sand Country AlmanacSand Country Almanac
  21. 21Sha Hsiang Nien Chien =Sha Hsiang Nien Chien =
  22. 22The River of the Mother of GodThe River of the Mother of God
  23. 23WildernessWilderness

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