The East Country : almanac tales of valley and shore

The East Country is a work of creative nonfiction in which the acclaimed nature writer Jules Pretty integrates memoir, natural history, cultural critique, and spiritual reflection into a single compelling narrative. Pretty frames his book around Aldo Leopold and his classic A Sand County Almana c, bringing Leopold’s ethic—that some could live without nature but most should not—into the twenty-first century. In The East Country , Pretty follows the seasons through seventy-four tales set in a variety of landscapes from valley to salty shore. Pretty convinces us that we should all develop long attachments to the local, observing that the land can change us for the better. The East Country is a work of creative nonfiction in which the acclaimed nature writer Jules Pretty integrates memoir, natural history, cultural critique, and spiritual reflection into a single compelling narrative. Pretty frames his book around Aldo Leopold and his classic A Sand County Almana c, bringing Leopold's ethic—that some could live without nature but most should not—into the twenty-first century. In The East Country , Pretty follows the seasons through seventy-four tales set in a variety of landscapes from valley to salty shore. Pretty convinces us that we should all develop long attachments to the local, observing that the land can change us for the better. 'The East Country' is a work of creative nonfiction in which the acclaimed author integrates memoir, natural history, cultural critique, and spiritual reflection into a single compelling narrative. The text is framed around Aldo Leopold and his classic 'A Sand County Almanac, 'bringing Leopold's ethic - that some could live without nature but most should not - into the 21st century. The author follows the seasons through 74 tales set in a variety of landscapes from valley to salty shore. The author convinces us that we should all develop long attachments to the local, observing that the land can change us for the better CONTENTS PREFACE A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATOR JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER CROSSING THE NEW YEAR