A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson

by Sigurd F. Olson and David J. Backes

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

Few writers are as renowned for their eloquence about the natural world, its power and fragility, as Sigurd F. Olson (1899-1982). Before he could give expression to The Singing Wilderness, however, he had to find his own voice. It is this struggle, the painstaking and often simply...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517910951
• ISBN13: 9781517910952
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.4"