Runes of the North / Sigurd F. Olson ; illustrations by Robert Hines.
Material type: TextSeries: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book seriesPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.Edition: 1st University of Minnesota Press edDescription: xii, 254 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:- 0816629943 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
- 9780816629947 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 917 O52 | Available | 33111007162114 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In Runes of the North Sigurd F. Olson explores the haunting appeal of the wilderness. He recounts how the legends of the northern vastness of Canada and Alaska have influenced him, weaving the tales and myths with his own stories and experiences as an explorer, writer, grandfather, and biologist. Now available in paperback for the first time, Runes of the North is a mystical and reflective guide to the northern wilderness written with a oneness and communion with nature that is unique to Olson's pen. It is a work filled with beauty, wisdom, and renewal.
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1963.
In Runes of the North Sigurd F. Olson explores the haunting appeal of the wilderness. He recounts how the legends of the northern vastness of Canada and Alaska have influenced him, weaving the tales and myths with his own stories and experiences as an explorer, writer, grandfather, and biologist. Now available in paperback for the first time, Runes of the North is a mystical and reflective guide to the northern wilderness written with a oneness and communion with nature that is unique to Olson's pen. It is a work filled with beauty, wisdom, and renewal.