Aldo Leopold's Odyssey, Tenth Anniversary Edition : Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac

In 2006, Julianne Lutz Warren(neNewton) asked readers to rediscover one of historys most renowned conservationists. Aldo Leopolds Odyssey was hailed by The New York Times as a biography of ideas, making us feel the loss of what might have followed A Sand County Almanac by showing us in authoritative detail what led up to it. Warrens astute narrative quickly became an essential part of the Leopold canon, introducing new readers to the father of wildlife ecology and offering a fresh perspective to even the most seasoned scholars. A decade later, as our very concept of wilderness is changing, Warren frames Leopolds work in the context of the Anthropocene. With a new preface and foreword by Bill McKibben, the book underscores the ever-growing importance of Leopolds ideas in an increasingly human-dominated landscape. Drawing on unpublished archives, Warren traces Leopolds quest to define and preserve land health. Leopolds journey took him from Iowa to Yale to the Southwest to Wisconsin, with fascinating stops

along the way to probe the causes of early land settlement failures, contribute to the emerging science of ecology, and craft a new vision for land use. Leopolds life was dedicated to one fundamental dilemma: how can people live prosperously on the land and keep it healthy, too? For anyone compelled by this question, the Tenth Anniversary Edition of Aldo Leopolds Odyssey offers insight and inspiration. [Publisher's text]