David Backes (born May 14, 1957 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American author and professor, best known for writing a biography of Sigurd F. Olson. The book, entitled A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson, won the Small Press Book Award for 1998,[1] and received a positive review in The New York Times.[2]

Backes was a professor in the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies department of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee until his retirement in 2015.

Works

  • A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson
  • Spirit of the North: The Quotable Sigurd F. Olson
  • The Meaning of Wilderness: Essential Articles and Speeches of Sigurd F. Olson.
  • Canoe Country: An Embattled Wilderness
  • The Wilderness Companion
  • A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson

References

  1. "A Wilderness within, the Life of Sigurd F. Olson: David Backes [10126] - $19.95 : Lake Superior Trading Post". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  2. Sharp, Bill (26 October 1997). "Books in Brief: Nonfiction". The New York Times.
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