A wilderness within : the life of Sigurd F. Olson / / David Backes
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| Autore: |
Backes David
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| Titolo: |
A wilderness within : the life of Sigurd F. Olson / / David Backes
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1997 |
| Edizione: | New ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (422 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.7/2/0092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Conservationists - United States |
| Naturalists - United States | |
| 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 |
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| 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Life of Sigurd F. Olson |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A wilderness within |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-8759-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808167803321 |
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