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Open Horizons (A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book)
Sigurd F. Olson
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Description for Open Horizons (A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book)
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
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 autobiography, and in it he recounts a life lived on and for the land, from the wonder of boyhood fishing expeditions to decades-long conservation battles.
Writing always with the sensitive, lyric prose that characterizes his works, Olson recalls his pioneering youth on a remote Wisconsin farm, his summers as a wilderness canoe ... Read more While telling his story, Olson makes a compelling case for preserving the wilderness. He puts forth his own life as an example of how nature can have a spiritual effect on the human soul, and proposes diligence on behalf of those who fight to conserve our forests, wetlands, and dunes. “If we can move into an open horizon where we can live in our modern world with ancient dreams that have always stirred us, then our work will have been done.”ISBN 0-8166-3037-2 Paper $14.95256 pages 12 line drawings 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 SeptemberFesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book SeriesTranslation inquiries: University of Minnesota Press Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816630370
SKU
V9780816630370
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About Sigurd F. Olson
Sigurd F. Olson (1899-1982) was one of the greatest environmentalists of the twentieth century. An award-winning conservation activist and best-selling author, Olson introduced a generation of Americans to the importance of wilderness. He served as president of the Wilderness Society and the National Parks Association and was honored by the Sierra Club and National Wildlife Federation for his work. Olson’s ... Read more
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