A wilderness within : the life of Sigurd F. Olson / / David Backes

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808167803321
• Autore: Backes David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1997
• ISBN: 0-8166-8759-5
• Edizione: [New ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (422 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7/2/0092; B
• Soggetti: Conservationists - United States; Naturalists - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-376) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; NotesIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.