The Hidden Forest

by Sigurd F. Olson, Les Blacklock (Photographer)

Photographs reveal an intimate view of the forest and its inhabitants, with essays showing its beauty and meaning

Genres: Nature

128 pages, Hardcover

First published October 21, 1969

About the author

Sigurd F. Olson was an American author, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness. For more than thirty years, he served as a wilderness guide in the lakes and forests of the Quetico-Superior country of northern Minnesota and northeastern Ontario. He was known honorifically as the Bourgeois — a term the voyageurs of old used of their trusted leaders.

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book focuses on the little things that a person could overlook in the forest unless they are being attentive to all there is to the forest. The photography is lovely, rather spartan. The prose is typical Olson, a man who is intimate with and has spent so much time observing and exploring nature. It made me want to drop everything and go to a forest.

[Stuart]

A short, beautiful book with interesting science and reflections.