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"His wilderness experiences begin just before WWI and span the modern era including the environmental movement of the late 1960s and 1970s. He published his books starting in 1946 and continued to publish right up to near his death in 1982. ...Throughout his life he lived many experiences and held several jobs.....his writing skills were primarily self-taught from reading....Many of these jobs he held just long enough to set himself up for some time in the wilderness. Many of his wilderness years were spent wandering the Canadian Shield or the Boundary Waters area of Minnesota on long canoe, walking, or sledding trips. Over the course of his life he also maintained or built several residences-Canadian and Minnesota cabins, a Marine-on-St. Croix home and a New Mexico ranch home."
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- ↑ "A Wilderness within, the Life of Sigurd F. Olson: David Backes [10126] - $19.95 : Lake Superior Trading Post". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
- ↑ Sharp, Bill (26 October 1997). "Books in Brief: Nonfiction". The New York Times.
- ↑ "David J. Backes - Listening Point". www.davidjbackes.com. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ↑ Backes, David (December 27, 2022). "David James Backes Obituary". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
