Glimpses of Wilderness
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Author: Kevin Proescholdt
Description: Glimpses of Wilderness shares the author’s insights into the nature and value of wilderness areas. Set in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, each of the thirty essays describes an adventure drawn from the author’s wealth of experiences in the area, and a glimpse into the character of wilderness that it provides. The perceptions and understandings offered in these pages pertain to wilderness areas across the country, speaking to all lovers of wild places.
About the Author: Kevin Proescholdt has worked to protect Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and other wild places for nearly forty years. A former wilderness guide in the BWCAW, he has written widely about wilderness and wilderness conservation. He helped pass the 1978 BWCAW Act through Congress, the struggle about which he wrote in the 1995 book, Troubled Waters: The Fight for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, published by North Star Press. Today he works as the conservation director for Wilderness Watch, a national wilderness conservation organization.
ISBN: 978-0-87839-811-9
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 120
Publication Date: May 2015
Description: Glimpses of Wilderness shares the author’s insights into the nature and value of wilderness areas. Set in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, each of the thirty essays describes an adventure drawn from the author’s wealth of experiences in the area, and a glimpse into the character of wilderness that it provides. The perceptions and understandings offered in these pages pertain to wilderness areas across the country, speaking to all lovers of wild places.
About the Author: Kevin Proescholdt has worked to protect Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and other wild places for nearly forty years. A former wilderness guide in the BWCAW, he has written widely about wilderness and wilderness conservation. He helped pass the 1978 BWCAW Act through Congress, the struggle about which he wrote in the 1995 book, Troubled Waters: The Fight for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, published by North Star Press. Today he works as the conservation director for Wilderness Watch, a national wilderness conservation organization.
ISBN: 978-0-87839-811-9
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 120
Publication Date: May 2015