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Of Time and Place Sigurd F. Olson Purchase a Sigurd Olson poster |
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Of Time and Place is a legacy from one of the best-loved nature writers of our time. In this, his last book, completed just before his death, Sigurd F. Olson guides readers through his wide-ranging memories of a lifetime dedicated to the preservation of the wilderness. Like his other best-selling books, Of Time and Place is filled with beauty, adventure, and wonder. Olson recalls his many friendships of trail and woods and portage, his favorite campsites, the stories behind the artifacts and mementos hanging in his cabin at Listening Point. Whether he is remembering canoe trips with his friends, admiring the playful grace of the otter, or pondering the Earth's great cycles of climatic change, these moving and evocative essays reaffirm Olson's stature as one of the greatest nature writers of this century. "I have written of many things and places, not all of mystery and beauty but with something in common, for they deal with a land which we are an indelible part of and the wilderness from which we came." he writes. "No matter where I have roamed, a golden thread runs through it all, woven into the broad and colorful fabric of my life." "Olson reflects on a life spent intimately with nature, which has meant to him 'a lifetime of searching for meaning.' It is a serene celebration of a 'golden thread' that runs through his life." —The Wall Street Journal 192 pages | 11 line drawings | 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | 1998 |
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$15.95 Paper