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FOR THE STUDY OF LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT'S TWELVE CLASSIC NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOKS |
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The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment is a professional organization of scolars, teachers, writers, and other individuals fostering the creation, appreciation, understanding, and teaching of literature from environmental perspectives. The Association has prepared a list, shown below, of twelve classic nature and environment books.
| Aldo Leopold | A Sand Country Almanac. 1949 |
| Terry Tempest Williams | Refuge. 1991 |
| Mary Hunter Austin | Land of Little Rain. 1903 |
| Edward Abbey | Desert Solitaire. 1968 |
| Leslie Marmon Silko | Ceremony. 1977 |
| Henry David Thoreau | Walden. 1854 |
| Annie Dillard | Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. 1974 |
| Susan Griffin | Woman and Nature. 1978 |
| Rachel Carson | Silent Spring. 1962 |
| Gary Snyder | Practice of the Wild. 1990 |
| Barry Lopez | Arctic Dreams. 1986 |
| Gretchel Ehrlich | The Solace of Open Spaces. 1985 |
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