Aldo Leopold¿s Shack - Nina¿s Story (A New Edition)

In Aldo Leopold-s Shack: Nina-s Story, Nancy Nye Hunt tells the remarkable tale of the famous Leopold family-s efforts to restore a worn-out farm along the lower Wisconsin River near Baraboo in the 1930s during the Great Depression and into the 1940s. Aldo Leopold, the world-renowned ecologist and conservationist-along with Estella, his wife, and their five children and two dogs, Gus and Flick-spent most weekends and vacations living and working at their Sand County farm that they called the Shack, now a National Historic Landmark that is also listed on both the National and Wisconsin Registers of Historic Places.Told through the eyes of Nina, the eldest daughter, details of life at the Shack unfold seasonally. Along the way, readers learn about the family-s many experiences and adventures: healing the land and converting an old chicken coop into a cabin (the -Shack-); restoring prairies and improving woodlands; planting gardens, collecting firewood, and tending orchards; observing ani