Arthur A. Link (born May 24, 1914) was Governor of North Dakota during the first great international energy crisis in the 1970's. The nation's thirst for new energy sources threatened that which Art Link loved most: the land.

Governor Link insisted that North Dakota's energy resources be developed in harmony with values deeper than mere extraction: stewardship, the agarian ideal, the integrity of rural communities.

On October 11, 1973, Governor Link delivered what is widely regarded as North Dakota's "Gettysburg Address." His creedo, written in the margins of his prepared speech moments before he was introduced, is known by its opening phrase: "When the landscape is quiet again."

This is the story of that man, that speech, and the landscape that inspired it. - Buy The DVD