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- Wilderness Days
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
- Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage
summary
In the evocative words of one of America’s best-loved nature writers, Wilderness Days brings together the essence of the magnificent wilderness with which he so deeply identifies. Sigurd F. Olson collects from his writings those moments that most vividly depict the turn of the seasons in the great woodlands and waters of the legendary Quetico–Superior region overlapping the Ontario–Minnesota border.
Table of Contents
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- Author's Note
- pp. ix-x
- Prologue: My Wilderness World
- pp. xi-xvi
- Spring
- The Winds of March
- pp. 3-7
- No Place Between
- pp. 8-14
- The Loons of Lac la Croix
- pp. 15-21
- The Feel of Spring
- pp. 22-30
- The Sound of Rain
- pp. 36-42
- Witching Hours
- pp. 43-48
- Young Ottertail
- pp. 54-59
- Summer
- The Way of a Canoe
- pp. 63-69
- The Portage
- pp. 70-74
- Stream of the Past
- pp. 75-82
- White Horses
- pp. 83-91
- Ghost Camps of the North
- pp. 99-107
- Painted Rocks
- pp. 108-114
- The Ross Light
- pp. 115-120
- Autumn
- Falling Leaf
- pp. 129-134
- Pine Knots
- pp. 145-149
- Beaver Cutting
- pp. 150-156
- Smoky Gold
- pp. 157-160
- Hunter's Moon
- pp. 171-178
- Winter
- Coming of the Snow
- pp. 187-191
- Northern Lights
- pp. 192-195
- Timber Wolves
- pp. 196-201
- Dark House
- pp. 209-214
- The Spawning
- pp. 215-220
- Trapper's Cabin
- pp. 221-224
- Wilderness Music
- pp. 225-229
- Map Section
- pp. 235-241
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816679485
Related ISBN(s)
9780816679089
MARC Record
OCLC
859379791
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No