Originally published as Sigurd F. Olson's wilderness days: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1972.
Sigurd F. Olson Libros
4 de abril de 1899 – 13 de enero de 1982
Sigurd F. Olson fue un autor, ecologista y defensor de la protección de la naturaleza estadounidense. Durante más de treinta años, trabajó como guía de la naturaleza en los lagos y bosques del país Quetico-Superior en el norte de Minnesota y el noreste de Ontario. Era conocido honoríficamente como el Bourgeois, un término que los antiguos voyageurs usaban para sus líderes de confianza. Sus escritos celebran la profunda belleza y la vital importancia del mundo natural.
Sigurd F. Olson was for more than thirty years a wilderness guide in the Quetico-Superior country, and no one knew with the same intimacy the mysteries of the lakes and forests of that magnificent primitive area. To the many out-of-doorsmen who canoed and portaged with him through this wilderness, he was known honorifically as the Bourgeois--as the voyageurs of old called their trusted leaders through this same region.
In Runes of the North Sigurd F. Olson explores the haunting appeal of the wilderness. He recounts how the legends of the northern vastness of Canada and Alaska have influenced him, weaving the tales and myths with his own stories and experiences as an explorer, writer, grandfather, and biologist. Now available in paperback for the first time, Runes of the North is a mystical and reflective guide to the northern wilderness written with a oneness and communion with nature that is unique to Olson's pen. It is a work filled with beauty, wisdom, and renewal.
Lonely Land (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)
Originally published in 2001, The Meaning ofWilderness gathers the most important of conservation activist and popularwriter Sigurd F. Olson's articles and speeches. Now in paperback, it offers alively look at the evolution of one of environmentalism's leading figures.
This giant 3.5 lb 9x12 Hardbound book is loaded with 363 illustrations (302 in full color), maps and essays on the nation's wilderness.
