Open Horizons

Sigurd F. Olson, Open Horizons. Hardbound in glassine-protected dust jacket. NY: Knopf, 1969. Xvi, 227 pages. 1st edition. Illustrated. Book and dust jacket fine. $10. Open Horizons is Sigurd F. Olson’s deeply personal autobiography, offering readers an intimate look into his life as a naturalist, writer, and conservationist. Beginning with his childhood in Wisconsin, where he caught his first trout with a tamarack wand, black thread, and a grasshopper as bait, Olson recounts his formative experiences that ignited his lifelong passion for the wilderness. The narrative spans his youth on a remote farm, summers as a wilderness canoe guide, and extensive travels through the wilds of North America and Canada.