The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold

Book arrived timely and is in excellent condition.

Readers of outdoor ethics and conservation philosophy have likely seen collections of Aldo Leopold's essays elsewhere, but I doubt you will find a more diverse and wide-ranging collection than this. Browse the brief chronologic summary of his life and then skip the lengthy introduction (for now), and you will get to the meat of this book. It starts with an essay written by Aldo Leopold as a high school student. From there, the path of essays winds its way like a river through his life, with many stops along the way. The reader can see how Mr. Leopold's outlook matured and changed over time; from such things as a letter to a newspaper editor, to my favorite: an introductory lecture from the first college course he taught. What I would give to go back in time and be a student in that classroom!Aldo Leopold may be gone, but his body of work remains. His written work has proven to be prophetic. We still face many of the same conservation problems that we faced in the early 1900s; some of these problems have worsened. As a society, we have to realize that we cannot go on repeating our past mistakes. There are solutions to these problems. And the words of Aldo Leopold hold some of the answers.

Wow! More amazing Aldo Leopold. Best surprise, however, was a newspaper clipping tucked in the book about Margery Stoneman Douglas, the Florida environmentalist. I was actually fortunate to meet her very late in her career. Wonderful "gift."

If your only exposure to Leopold is "A Sand County Almanac" then this book will, via his writing, detail how his philosophy evolved to what was presented in "Almanac". Leopold is often criticized for the opinions he held in his early career, but you can learn how he learned by reading this.

I got this book quickly and it is in the condition described. I haven't had time to read the entire book, but so far I'm very pleased with it.

This is a great collection of Aldo Leopold essays, with short intros to each one.Great read and a must have for fans of Aldo Leopold.

This book was deeper than some of the other writings by the same author that I have read. I am reading it now.

a look at the workings of the mind of a giant.