A Sand Country Almanac

The patterns that I have seen in all the books we have had to read for Professor Francis class is that all the book that we have had to read have mostly been in journal format, just like Aldo Leopold's book, "A Sand Country Almanac." The only thing that seems to be different about this book is that it deals more with the important ecological issues that are going on. Some of these issues include issues like conservation and appreciation. It is towards the end of the book that Leopold talks a lot about these issues. On page 265, Leopold informs the audience, " Many of the diverse wilderness out of which we have hammered America are already gone...No living man will see again the long-grass prairie, where a sea of prairie flowers lapped at the stirrups of the pioneer." This creates of vision of a dull landscape and it is enough to urge someone to want to save and conserve nature.

On page 269, Leopold states, "Physical combat between men and beast was, in like manner, an economic fact, now preserved as hunting and fishing in sport." The book is also based a lot on ecology, which is the study of organisms and their environment. In other words, the book is based on how animals in nature interact with each other to survive. I found this piece of literature very interesting and informative. The preservation of North America is an important thing to talk about since North America is starting to loose it's beautiful landscape that it has to offer.