LEADER 03169nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910784400103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-9231-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000346873 035 $a(EBL)310539 035 $a(OCoLC)476095023 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000199842 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168736 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199842 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10197422 035 $a(PQKB)10288462 035 $a(OCoLC)191662118 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39465 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL310539 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10180206 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522714 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC310539 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000346873 100 $a20001011d2001 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe meaning of wilderness$b[electronic resource] $eessential articles and speeches /$fSigurd F. Olson ; edited and with an introduction by David Backes 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aOutdoor Essays & Reflections 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-3708-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Chronology of Sigurd Olson's Life; Introduction; Reflections of a Guide (1928); Search for the Wild (1932); The Romance of Portages (1936); Let's Go Exploring (1937); Why Wilderness? (1938); Flying In (1945); We Need Wilderness (1946); The Preservation of Wilderness (1948); The Quetico-Superior Wilderness Laboratory (1951); Those Intangible Things (1954); Our Need of Breathing Space (1958); Beauty Belongs to All (1959); The Spiritual Aspects of Wilderness (1961); The Wilderness Concept (1962); The Spiritual Need (1966) 327 $aRemarks to National Park Service Master Plan Team Members (mid-1960s)What Is Wilderness? (1968); A Longing for Wilderness (1973); Writings by Sigurd F. Olson; Index 330 $aDespite the enduring popularity of The Singing Wilderness, Listening Point, Reflections from the North Country, and his other books, a major portion of Sigurd F. Olson's wilderness writing-much of it originating as speeches-has been relatively inaccessible, scattered in a number of magazines and obscure books over a period of more than fifty years, or never published at all. The Meaning of Wilderness gathers together the most important of Olson's articles and speeches, making them available in one place for the first time. The book also contains an introduction and chapter-by-chapter commentar 410 0$aOutdoor Essays & Reflections 606 $aNatural history$zNorth America 606 $aPhilosophy of nature 615 0$aNatural history 615 0$aPhilosophy of nature. 676 $a508.7 700 $aOlson$b Sigurd F.$f1899-1982.$01476972 701 $aBackes$b David$01476973 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784400103321 996 $aThe meaning of wilderness$93691800 997 $aUNINA