Wilderness Writing: Using Personal Narrative to Enhance Outdoor Experience

Journal of Experiential Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 239-246

  Bennion, John ^a   Olsen, Burton ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

outdoor education; wilderness; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645170980     PISSN: 10538259     EISSN: 2169009X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105382590202500108     Document Type: Article

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