Through the passionate wilderness writings of authors like
Jaeger, Roosevelt, and Leopold, we have understood and felt the
need to connect with the natural world. These writers, and many
more like them, have inspired us to spend time in the great
outdoors, become stewards of our environment, and contemplate
our relationship with nature. They have taught us new outdoor
techniques and provided us with information to improve upon
tried and true methods. They have opened our minds to the
possibility that the outdoors can motivate us to live better
lives. Given that November is a month of giving thanks, I
thought it appropriate to take time to give thanks to a few of
the writers who have given us books about the wild which have
been inspirational and enlightening to all who have read them.
For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of reading a book
by one of these authors, I hope what you read here will
encourage you to do so. Ellsworth Jaeger (1897-1962) Perhaps not
the most well-known of this category of wri