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15 produkter
Singing Wilderness
E-bok, 2012
115 kr
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to do with the calling of loons, with northern lights, and the great silences of land lying northwest of Lake Superior. It is concerned with the simple joys, the timelessness and perspective found in a way of life which is close to the past. I have heard the singing in many places, but I seem to …
Wilderness Days
Häftad, 2012
203 kr
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In the evocative words of one of America’s best-loved nature writers, Wilderness Days brings together the essence of the magnificent wilderness with which he so deeply identifies. Sigurd F. Olson collects from his writings those moments that most vividly depict the turn of the seasons in the great …
Reflections from the North Country
E-bok, 2012
224 kr
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Written in the last years of his life, Reflections from the North Country is often considered Sigurd Olson''s most intellectually significant work. In an account alive with anecdote and insight, Olson outlines the wilderness philosophy he developed while working as an outspoken advocate for the …
LISTENING POINT
E-bok, 2012
240 kr
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“ Listening Point tells of what I have seen and heard on a bare glaciated spit of rock in the Quetico-Superior country. Each time I have gone there I have found something new that has opened up whole realms of thought and interest. From it I have glimpsed the immensity of space and at times the …
Lonely Land
E-bok, 2012
160 kr
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The author of The Singing Wilderness and Listening Point begins this grand adventure: “There are few places left on the North American continent where men can still see the country as it was before Europeans came and know some of the challenges and freedoms of those who saw it first, but in the …
Runes of the North
E-bok, 2012
80 kr
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A rune is, in its general meaning, a tale of magic and mystery. To Sigurd Olson it expresses his feelings about the haunting appeal of the wilderness and of the tales and legends to be found there. His runes are legends, yards, and wilderness reflections drawn from the great northern vastness of …
Of Time and Place
E-bok, 2012
245 kr
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Of Time and Place is a legacy from one of the best-loved woodsman writers of our time. To the outdoorsmen who often canoed and portaged with him through the northern Lake country, Sigurd Olson was affectionately known as the Bourgeois—the name that voyageurs gave two hundred years ago to the …
Singing Wilderness
Häftad, 1997
216 kr
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A long-awaited paperback edition of this classic bestseller.The Singing Wilderness is Sigurd Olson’s first and best-selling book, with over 70,000 copies sold in hardcover since its release in 1956. Now available in paperback for the first time, this volume established Olson as a major writer …
Reflections from the North Country
Häftad, 1998
240 kr
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Olson’s wilderness philosophy, now in paperback for the first time.Written in the last years of his life, Reflections from the North Country is often considered Sigurd Olson’s most intellectually significant work. In an account alive with anecdote and insight, Olson outlines the wilderness …
Of Time and Place
Häftad, 1998
187 kr
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Olson’s final work, available in paperback for the first time.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 …
Lonely Land
Häftad, 1997
171 kr
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"The lonely land lies a thousand miles northwest of Lake Superior in upper Saskatchewan. Here the Churchill River, famed water trail of such early voyageurs as the Hudson’s Bay fur traders, flows in a wandering course through one of the last great wildernesses of the continent. For 500 miles, the …
Open Horizons
Häftad, 1998
186 kr
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Olson’s inspirational life story, told in his own words, now available in paperback.Sigurd Olson’s love affair with the wilderness began in a stream near his house in Wisconsin-he caught his first trout there with a tamarack wand, black thread, and a grasshopper as bait. Open Horizons is his …
Meaning of Wilderness
Häftad, 2015
215 kr
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Sigurd F. Olson (1899-1982) was one of the greatest environmentalists of the twentieth century. A conservation activist and popular writer, Olson introduced a generation of readers to the importance of wilderness. He served as president of the Wilderness Society and the National Parks Association …
Private Wilderness
The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson
Av Sigurd F. Olson, David Backes
Inbunden, 2021
363 kr
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The personal diaries of one of America’s best-loved naturalists, revealing his difficult and inspiring path to finding his voice and becoming a writer-now available in paperback Few writers are as renowned for their eloquence about the natural world, its power and fragility, as Sigurd F. Olson …
Private Wilderness
The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson
Av Sigurd F. Olson, David Backes
Häftad, 2024
259 kr
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The personal diaries of one of America’s best-loved naturalists, revealing his difficult and inspiring path to finding his voice and becoming a writer-now available in paperback Few writers are as renowned for their eloquence about the natural world, its power and fragility, as Sigurd F. Olson …
