David Backes (author)

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 is currently a professor in the Journalism and Mass Communication department of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Works

• 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

• University bio
• Sigurd F. Olson website (maintained by Backes)

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