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David Backes

Author of A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson

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For this authoritative biography, David Backes conducted interviews with Olson's family and had complete access to Olson's papers, diaries, correspondence, and photographs.

Works by David Backes

A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson (1997) 55 copies

The Wilderness Companion (1992) 17 copies

Canoe Country: An Embattled Wilderness (1991) 7 copies

Associated Works

Spirit Of The North: The Quotable Sigurd F. Olson (2005) — Editor — 10 copies

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A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson (Gold – Biography – 1998)

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ISBNs: 5

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