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In Runes of the North Sigurd F. Olson explores the haunting appeal of the wilderness. He recounts how the legends of the northern vastness of Canada and Alaska have influenced him, weaving the tales and myths with his own stories and experiences as an explorer, writer, grandfather, and biologist. Now…
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This book has literally been sitting on my bookshelves for over 50 years. It was published in 1963. I expect that I found it in a bookstore in the late 1960s when the Department of State assigned me to Finnish language training (I puzzled over the two 'n's in Finnish until I realized that the training was meant to prepare me for an assignment in Helsinki). I don't remember what attracted me - perhaps it was the word "runes" which sounded Scandinavian to me. I might have noticed that the book began and ended with quotes from the Kalevala, the…
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