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

1. http://www.lstp.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=151
2. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E1DC123FF935A15753C1A961958260

External links

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