Sigurd F. Olson
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4.39 | 586 Users | 54 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Singing Wilderness (The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series) |
| ISBN: | 0816629927 (ISBN13: 9780816629923) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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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.Details About Books The Singing Wilderness
| Title | : | The Singing Wilderness |
| Author | : | Sigurd F. Olson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | August 13th 1997 by Univ Of Minnesota Press (first published 1956) |
| Categories | : | Environment. Nature. Nonfiction. Outdoors. Writing. Essays |
Rating About Books The Singing Wilderness
Ratings: 4.39 From 586 Users | 54 ReviewsAppraise About Books The Singing Wilderness
Didn't finish, but what I read I liked, but it was just sort of all the same. Would be great if intermingled with other work about the outdoors.Beautiful, poetic writing--as someone who has spent many summers in the Boundary Waters, this book places me right back in the midst of that natural splendor.
"It was there we saw the first haze of light green over the hills, the budding-out of the aspen. That was another reason for an early trip: to see those slopes in the ephemeral hours before they had begun to darken, while they were still misty and pastel. Grayish-white drifts of the large-toothed aspen and the rose of budding maple made poetry on every shore. One must be on time to see these things, for they do not wait." This book is a new favourite, to be treasured by anyone that wishes to
Love, love, love the whole series--so this was another great read.
Lyrical. Olson's beautifully written memories of time--literally seasons--in the wilderness put we right there with him. Even in my little bit of wilderness a few feet from the house I feel that grounding to the earth. His writing tapped that and was itself a wilderness experience.
This book is about the peace you find in the wilderness, whether canoeing, hiking, or just observing from the steps of one's cabin. Sigurd Olson put to words the things I have felt deeply in my heart about the woods of Minnesota and Wisconsin. This book sang to my soul.
As a writer, Sigurd Olson is a lyrical evangelist for wild places. In particular, he writes about one of my favorite wild places, the Boundary Waters/Quetico in northern Minnesota and Canada. I have traveled there many times, and Olson perfectly captures the sense of awe this place inspires in me and many others. His essays both describe the experience of traveling in the wilderness, and relate lessons Olson gleaned over the years of studying the landscape and its many diverse inhabitants, from
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