Originally published: New York: A.A. Knopf, c1982.
Originally published in 2001, The Meaning ofWilderness gathers the most important of conservation activist and popularwriter Sigurd F. Olson's articles and speeches. Now in paperback, it offers alively look at the evolution of one of environmentalism's leading figures.
This text presents the author's inspirational life story, told in his own words. Olson recounts a life lived on and for the land, from the wonder of boyhood fishing expeditions, to decades-long conservation battles.