Sigurd Olson created Listening Point in as a private retreat on the shores of Burntside Lake. It became widely known and celebrated after Alfred Knopf published Olson’s book, Listening Point in Listening Point, by Sigurd F. Olson, was first published in and had gone out of print. The University of Minnesota Press’s Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series has brought Olson’s serene observations back to life for another generation of readers to enjoy/5. For Sigurd Olson it was a bare glaciated spit of rock in the magnificent Quetico-Superior country of northern Minnesota. He called it his Listening Point, and it is at the center of his book of the same name. Listening Point is Olson’s second book, with over 40, copies sold in hardcover. Strikingly illustrated with drawings by Francis Lee Jaques, this book tells the story of Olson’s Listening Point from his .
The short film above features the first chapter of Sigurd F. Olson's book Listening Point, published in , and is narrated by Douglas www.doorway.rued in collaboration with Wolvenwood Studio in Ely, MN, the film features the stunning natural beauty and peace of Listening Point through artful cinematography and spectacular drone footage. David Backes wrote a biography on Olson titled A Wilderness Within - The Life of Sigurd F. Olson which was published in the late s. [7] The Listening Point Foundation, located in Ely, was founded in to preserve Olson's legacy and advance his wilderness philosophy. The general tours start at the Olson family home in Ely and end at Listening Point with a short drive in-between. The Olson family home is also the location of both the Writing Shack and the main offices for the Listening Point Foundation. The visit to both locations usually takes about 2 1/2 - 3 hours, and there is no set cost.
Listening Point tells of what the author has seen and heard on a bare glaciated spit of rock in the Quetico-Superior country. Each time he has gone there he has found something new that has opened up whole realms of thought and interest. From it the author has glimpsed the immensity of space and at times the grandeur of creation. Sigurd Olson created Listening Point in as a private retreat on the shores of Burntside Lake. It became widely known and celebrated after Alfred Knopf published Olson’s book, “Listening Point” in Learn more about Listening Point and how to visit here. For Sigurd Olson it was a bare glaciated spit of rock in the magnificent Quetico-Superior country of northern Minnesota. He called it his Listening Point, and it is at the center of his book of the same name. Listening Point is Olson’s second book, with over 40, copies sold in hardcover. Strikingly illustrated with drawings by Francis Lee Jaques, this book tells the story of Olson’s Listening Point from his first night sleeping there under the stars to the eventual building of a cabin.
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