A Wilderness Autobiography

Calvin Rutstrum, A Wilderness Autobiography. Hardbound in glassine-protected, price-clipped dust jacket. Minneapolis, MN: Nodlin Press, 1970. 200 pages. Illustrated, index. Book and dust jacket very good. $25. A Wilderness Autobiography is Calvin Rutstrum’s intimate and reflective memoir, recounting a lifetime spent living, exploring, and finding solitude in North America’s wildest places. Through candid storytelling, Rutstrum shares his personal journey—from youthful adventures to building remote cabins and embracing a life of self-reliance and deep connection with nature. This beautifully written narrative captures the joys, hardships, and spiritual rewards of wilderness living, offering readers an authentic glimpse into a life shaped by the rhythms of the natural world. Rutstrum’s evocative prose invites reflection on what it means to live simply and fully in harmony with the land.