A native of Fairbanks, in the U.S. state of Alaska, and wife and companion of the biologist Olaus Murie, she tells the tale of their lives spent fighting for the preservation of the final wilderness frontiers of Alaska.
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Murie also wrote Island Between, published in 1977, and Wapiti Wilderness, published in 1966 with her husband Olaus Murie as co-author.
Olaus and Margaret Murie and Olaus' brother Adolph lived in Moose for much of their lives, and today the family ranch is an educational retreat center, designated a National Historic Landmark.