A Private Wilderness
By Sigurd F. Olson
The personal diaries of Sigurd F. Olson, compiled from about 1930 to 1941. Olson was a Swedish American outdoorsman and environmentalist who traversed and chronicled northern Minnesota.
A firsthand look into the personal thoughts and reflections of renowned Environmentalist Sigurd F. Olson as he grows into the author, educator, and conservationist we know today. Olson was a Swedish American outdoorsman who was instrumental in the founding of the boundary waters in Minnesota and spent countless hours writing and advocating for the preservation of nature. In his writing it is easy to see how this appreciation was his life’s passion, he writes with beautiful gentle-ness of the wonders of the natural world.
Paperback. 376 pages.