Generic Quotes for the Olson paperback reprints:

“Miraculously, he did manage to publish nine books in twenty-six years-eight of which are treasures. Happily, these eight (The Singing Wilderness, Listening Point, The Lonely Land, Runes of the North, Open Horizons, Wilderness Days, Reflections from the North Country, and Of Time and Place) are being restored to print, in uniform paperback editions, by the U of M Press.” -Mpls.St. Paul Magazine

“I long ago read and treasured Sig Olson’s books about the great outdoors. He had a mystical feel for the land and its waters, and his works bear testimony to his insight into the relationship of nature and the human spirit.” -Stewart L. Udall, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1961-1969

“With a poet’s lyric voice, a guide’s authority and a warrior’s commitment to his beloved canoe country wilderness, Sig Olson became the ‘Voice of the North’ to a generation of readers. He stands comfortably among the pantheon of great American nature writers-Thoreau and Muir, Burroughs and Krutch, Leopold, Eiseley and Teale; but like one of his great sentinel pines, he also stands alone.” -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

“Sigurd Olson’s lyric books on his philosophy of wilderness and humankind’s need for wild and primitive nature were epics of their time, more readable for today than Thoreau. No one has evoked the moods and feelings. of wilderness as vividly as Olson did. Those timeless classics will now thrill a new generation of readers as they did mine.” -Fred Bodsworth, author of Last of the Curlews

“Sigurd Olson is one of the great voices in the American wilderness movement. His writings, his conversations, and his philosophy of life all reflect a profound understanding of the environment and man’s intimate relationship to it. No other person is more worthy of receiving the first Robert Marshall Award than Sigurd Olson.” -Harold Jerry, former president of the Wilderness Society
(Taken from Star Trib. obituary)

“His whole life was dedicated to conservation-wilderness, wildlife habitat, scenic beauty-nature in all her intricate beauty” -Gaylord Nelson, Chairman of the Wilderness Society
(From a comment he made for the Madison Capital Times obituary article on Olson.)