Wilderness Within : The Life of Sigurd F. Olson.
Title:
Wilderness Within : The Life of Sigurd F. Olson.
Author:
Backes, David.
ISBN:
9780816687596
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (422 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1. Boyhood and Youth, 1899-1916 -- 2. College Years, 1916-1919 -- 3. A Rolling Stone, 1920-1923 -- 4. Northwoods Guide, 1923-1929 -- 5. The Reluctant Ecologist, 1930-1932 -- 6. A Need for Recognition, 1932-1935 -- 7. Storms of Life, 1934-1938 -- 8. The Hidden Life of a Dean, 1936-1940 -- 9. The War Years, 1940-1946 -- 10. A Professional Conservationist, 1946-1949 -- 11. Widening Horizons, 1950-1954 -- 12. The Singing Wilderness, 1950-1956 -- 13. The Search for Balance, 1956-1960 -- 14. From Contemplation to Action: Sigurd Olson's Wilderness Theology, 1959-1964 -- 15. The Making of a Myth, 1960-1982 -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Sigurd Olson (1899-1982) was acknowledged during his lifetime as a leader of the American environmental movement, an emblematic figure for a generation of activists. A Wilderness Within is the award-winning biography of this writer, teacher, and activist who was a harbinger of the raising of America's ecological consciousness.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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