Wilderness Days
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Wilderness Days
By (Author) Sigurd F. Olson
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st March 2012
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Conservation of the environment
508
Physical Properties
Paperback
264
Width 178mm, Height 254mm, Spine 18mm
Description
In the evocative words of one of Americas best-loved nature writers, Wilderness Days brings together the essence of the magnificent wilderness with which he so deeply identifies. Sigurd F. Olson collects from his writings those moments that most vividly depict the turn of the seasons in the great woodlands and waters of the legendary QueticoSuperior region overlapping the OntarioMinnesota border.
Reviews
"With a poets lyric voice, a guides authority, and a warriors commitment to his beloved canoe country wilderness, Sigurd Olson became the Voice of the North to a generation of readers." Douglas Wood, author of Old Turtle and Paddle Whispers
"Sigurd Olson distilled the joy and wonder of his life and preserved them in his books. This is the source of their enduring appeal. They contain the pure essence of all that is consoling in nature." Paul Gruchow, author of Journal of a Prairie Year and The Necessity of Empty Places
Author Bio
Sigurd F. Olson (18991982) was one of the most influential environmentalists of the twentieth century. An award-winning conservation activist and best-selling author, he introduced a generation of Americans to the importance of wilderness.
