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Breath of Wilderness
Kristin Eggerling
Paperback (Fulcrum Publishing, April 1, 2014)Breath of Wilderness is the story of Olson’s love for wild places and how that love transformed his life, inspiring him to play a key role in the movement to preserve wilderness throughout North America, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the largest lakeland wilderness in the country.
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Things, Natural, Wild, and Free: The Life of Aldo Leapold
Marybeth Lorbiecki
Paperback (Fulcrum Publishing, Oct. 1, 2011)Adventure — as a child Aldo Leopold was always looking for it as he wandered over the bluffs along the Mississippi with his dog, Spud. This led Leopold to become a forester, wildlife scientist, author, and one of the most important conservationists in history. Award-winning author Marybeth Lorbiecki brings Leopold to life in this vivid new biography with historical photographs
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Parks for the People: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted
Julie Dunlap
Paperback (Fulcrum Publishing, Nov. 1, 2011)Growing up on a Connecticut farm in the 1800s, Frederick Olmsted loved roaming the outdoors. A contest to design the nation’s first city park opened new doors for Olmsted when his winning design became New York’s Central Park, just one of Olmsted's ideas that changed our nation's cities. Award-winning author Julie Dunlap brings Olmsted to life in this wonderful biography.
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Citizens of the soil
Jim Keefe
Unknown Binding (Missouri Conservation Dept, March 15, 1969)None