Of Time and Place

by Olson, Sigurd F.

• ISBN13: 9780816629954
• ISBN10: 0816629951
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr

Summary

Of Time and Place is a legacy from one of the best-loved nature writers of our time. In this, his last book, completed just before his death, Sigurd F. Olson guides readers through his wide-ranging memories of a lifetime dedicated to the preservation of the wilderness. Like his other best-selling books, Of Time and Place is filled with beauty, adventure, and wonder. Olson recalls his many friendships of trail and woods and portage, his favorite campsites, the stories behind the artifacts and mementos hanging in his cabin at Listening Point. Whether he is remembering canoe trips with his friends, admiring the playful grace of the otter, or pondering the Earth's great cycles of climatic change, these moving and evocative essays reaffirm Olson's stature as one of the greatest nature writers of this century.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Of Time and Place	3	(6)
The Sturgeon	9	(3)
Golden Trout	12	(7)
Ancient Trails	19	(3)
Mementos	22	(6)
The Marshes of Glynn	28	(4)
Mavericks	32	(5)
Boulders	37	(3)
A Time of Dryness	40	(3)
The Scourge	43	(7)
Tornado	50	(4)
Little Rivers	54	(7)
Trees of the Forest	61	(4)
The Hemlocks	65	(3)
Lutra canadensis	68	(6)
Campsites	74	(5)
Friends of the Trail	79	(4)
Predators	83	(7)
Sounds of the Night	90	(5)
Wild Encounters	95	(6)
The Prairies	101	(4)
El Coyote	105	(7)
Hummingbird Rapids	112	(3)
Arrowheads	115	(3)
Rock Hound	118	(4)
Glacial Clay	122	(4)
Ripple Marks	126	(5)
Sand Dunes	131	(6)
Waiting	137	(4)
The Shining Big Sea Water	141	(4)
The Islands	145	(4)
A Point in Time	149	(4)
Falling Waters	153	(5)
Sacred Land	158	(3)
The Music of Spring	161	(6)
An Ethic for the Land	167	(4)
Epilogue	171