Walt McLaughlin | The Sun Magazine

Walt McLaughlin

Walt McLaughlin is a writer, wilderness explorer, and publisher of Wood Thrush Books. He lives with his wife in Burlington, Vermont.

— From July 1996
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

The Wilderness Within

During aimless wanderings in the woods, while on the verge of becoming lost, I have often wondered what we mean by the word wilderness.

July 1996
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