Title:
The lonely land / Sigurd F. Olson ; illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques.
ISBN:
9780816629978
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Edition:
First University of Minnesota Press edition.
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Physical Description:
x, 272 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1961.
Contents:
Ile À La Crosse -- Athabasca brigade -- The shield -- White horses -- Reprieve on Dipper Lake -- Father Moraud -- The marshes of Haultain -- The Valley of the Snake -- Sandfly to Bear -- Silent Rapids -- Trout Lake Falls -- Lake of the Dead -- Stanley Post -- Nistowiak -- Frog Skin Portage -- Pelican Narrows -- The Sturgeon Weir -- The Red Cliffs of Amisk -- Goose Creek Camp -- The Chimneys of Namew -- Cumberland House.
Summary:
The Lonely Land is a tribute to the unspoiled beauty of the deep wilderness and the rugged individuals past and present who take up a canoe paddle to explore it.
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OCLC Number:
ocm37037364
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
