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David J. Backes

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David J. Backes is author of A Wilderness Within, the national award-winning biography of famed naturalist / author /environmental leader Sigurd F. Olson. He has produced three other titles in the Olson series and two earlier books. Listening Point is his first novel. David's lifelong connection to nature began when he was just two years old and heard the haunting cry of gulls over the Gulf of Mexico. Family trips to national parks and other wild places in the U.S. and Canada, and frequent visits to his county park on the shore of Lake Michigan filled him with awe and wonder.

In 1963 his family discovered Ely, Minnesota, and the canoe country at its doorstep. That experience shaped his life. Over many years and visits, and one year working ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 102 ratings · 11 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson 4.22 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Meaning of Wilderness (A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book) by Sigurd F. Olson, David J. Backes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson by Sigurd F. Olson, David J. Backes (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wilderness Companion 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canoe Country: An Embattled Wilderness really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Listening Point: A Novel 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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November is my least favorite month. Yes, I love Thanksgiving; it's my favorite holiday. But I judge months mostly by their weather, and here, a short walk from the western shore of Lake Michigan, November is a lousy month. The days increasingly become overcast, and temperatures drop into the 40s and 30s, so that when the rains come, we get a brutal damp cold.
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