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BY AND ABOUT SIGURD F.OLSON

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Spirit of the North
The Quotable Sigurd F. Olson
Edited by David Backes


The Meaning of Wilderness: Essential Articles and Speeches

 A Wilderness Within:The Life of Sigurd F. Olson by David Backes
"A highly readable portrait of a much-loved writer and a beautifully articulated history of the conservation movement in the United States through the middle decades of this past century." —Audubon Magazine

The Singing Wilderness
* "His beautiful prose brings solace and is a bendiction on our frantic lives."

Listening Point
* "Recaptures our ability to learn from the rocks and rain."

 The Lonely Land
* "The breathtaking account of a 500-mile canoe journey."

 Runes of the North

 Open Horizons

 Reflections from the North Country
 Of Time and Place
 * reviews from North Wind Books