A sand county almanac audiobook on cassette, 1988 worldcat. Stewart l udall in 1953 aldo leopold bought 80 acres of badly eroded farmland along a bend of the wisconsin river. Chapter summary for aldo leopolds a sand county almanac, part 1 april summary. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 269 pages and is available in paperback format. A sand county almanac by aldo leopold on free audio book.
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