NORTH OF RELIANCE: A Personal Story of...

NORTH OF RELIANCE: A Personal Story of Living Beyond the Wilderness by Dave Olesen (Northword Press, Box 1360, Minocqua, Wis. 54548: $12.95; 160 pp., illustrated, paperback original). Olesen rejects the madness Bogosian celebrates for life in the wilderness near the Great Slave Lake. Unlike many neo-pioneers, he never romanticizes his decision or portrays himself as conquering nature. Instead of pitting himself against the harsh climate of northern Canada, Olesen strives to adapt his life to its rhythms. He writes about his successes and failures in spare, honest prose, in an expanded journal that reveals the beauty of the bleak northern forests.