A wilderness within : the life of Sigurd F. Olson / David Backes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Backes, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservationists--United States--Biography.

Conservationists.

Naturalists--United States--Biography.

Naturalists.

Olson, Sigurd F., 1899-1982.

Olson, Sigurd F.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Edition:

New ed.

Other Title:

Life of Sigurd F. Olson

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sigurd Olson (1899-1982) was acknowledged during his lifetime as a leader of the American environmental movement, an emblematic figure for a generation of activists. A Wilderness Within is the award-winning biography of this writer, teacher, and activist who was a harbinger of the raising of America's ecological consciousness.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Boyhood and Youth, 1899-1916; 2. College Years, 1916-1919; 3. A Rolling Stone, 1920-1923; 4. Northwoods Guide, 1923-1929; 5. The Reluctant Ecologist, 1930-1932; 6. A Need for Recognition, 1932-1935; 7. Storms of Life, 1934-1938; 8. The Hidden Life of a Dean, 1936-1940; 9. The War Years, 1940-1946; 10. A Professional Conservationist, 1946-1949; 11. Widening Horizons, 1950-1954; 12. The Singing Wilderness, 1950-1956; 13. The Search for Balance, 1956-1960; 14. From Contemplation to Action: Sigurd Olson's Wilderness Theology, 1959-1964; 15. The Making of a Myth, 1960-1982

NotesIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-376) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8759-5

OCLC:

476094330