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Mowat, Farley Mcgill was born on May 12, 1921 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Son of Angus McGill and Helen (Thomson) Mowat.
(Classic works by one of North America's greatest storytel...)
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(Deep in the volcano country of central Africa live some o...)
Deep in the volcano country of central Africa live some of the rarest, most intriguing animals on earth -- the mountain gorillas. Here, in the mist-shrouded forests, Dian Fossey courageously dedicated her life to studying them. Here she patiently waited until the luminous-eyed gorillas accepted her presence, hugged her, and loved her...while she fought for their survival against poachers, callous researchers, zoo collectors, and local bureaucrats. And here, surrounded by these enemies, she died, mysteriously and brutally murdered. Now, one of the world's most respected naturalist writers draws for the first time ever on Dian Fossey's personal writings to reveal the true story of a magnificent obsession...one woman's enormous empathy for a highly intelligent, desperately endangered animal -- and how it ruled her life, her work, and her heart.
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( In this bestseller, Farley Mowat challenges the convent...)
In this bestseller, Farley Mowat challenges the conventional notion that the Vikings were the first Europeans to reach North America, offering an unforgettable portrait of the Albans, a race originating from the island now known as Britain. Battered by repeated invasions from their aggressive neighbors—Celt, Roman, and Norse—the Albans fled west. Their search for safety, and for the massive walrus herds on which their survival depended, eventually took them to the land now known as Newfoundland and Labrador. Skillfully weaving together clues gathered from forty years of research, Mowat presents a fascinating account of a forgotten history.
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( In July of 1942, Mowat was an eager, idealistic infantr...)
In July of 1942, Mowat was an eager, idealistic infantry lieutenant barely out of his teens, bound for Europe on a troop ship and impatient to see action. This powerful true account of the action he saw, and against all odds survived, evokes the terrible reality of warfare with an honesty and clarity fiction can only imitate. Here is the agony and the antic humour, the tragedy and the tedium, the special camaraderie shared only by those who have fought a war. Here, too, is the impassioned anger of one soldier who discovers he can no longer accept the bloody carnage that engulfed him near the end of the Italian campaign: "I was staring down a vertiginous tunnel where all was black and bloody and the great wind of ultimate desolation howled and hungered. I was alone....relentlessly alone in a world I never knew....and no birds sang." A timeless story of the courage forged by terror in a man?s heart.(August 2003)
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(The northeastern seaboard of the United States and Canada...)
The northeastern seaboard of the United States and Canada, from Cape Cod to Labrador, was the first region in North America to suffer from human exploitation. In this timeless narrative, Farley Mowat describes in harrowing detail the devastation inflicted upon the birds, whales, fish, and mammals of this icy coast--from polar bears and otters to cod, seals, and ducks. Since its first publication some 20 years ago, this powerful work has served as both a warning to humanity and an inspiration for change.
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(Noticeable wear to cover and pages. May have some marking...)
Noticeable wear to cover and pages. May have some markings on the inside. Fast shipping. Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials.
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( When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a lagoon nea...)
When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a lagoon near his Newfoundland home, Farley Mowat rejoiced at the unique chance to observe one of the world's most magnificent creatures up close. But some of his neighbors saw a different opportunity altogether: in a prolonged fit of violence, they blasted the whale with rifle fire, and scarred its back with motorboat propellers. Mowat appealed desperately to the police, to marine biologists, finally to the press. But it was too late. Mowat's poignant and compelling story is an eloquent argument for the end of the whale hunt, and the rediscovery of the empathy that makes us human.
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(Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic...)
Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic caribou, and the government's Wildlife Service assigns naturalist Farely Mowat to investigate. Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their waves. Contact with his quarry comes quickly, and Mowat discovers not a den of marauding killers but a courageous family of skillful providers and devoted protectors of their young. As Mowat comes closer to the wolf world, he comes to fear with them on onslaught of bounty hunters and government exterminators out to erase the noble wolf community from the Arctic. Never Cry Wolf is one of the brilliant narratives on the myth and magical world of wild wolves and man's true place among the creatures of nature. "We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be -- the mythological epitome of a savage, ruthless killer -- which is, in reality, no more than the reflected image of ourself." -- from the new preface to Never Cry Wolf. From the Paperback edition.
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( Farley Mowat's youth was charmed and hilarious, and unb...)
Farley Mowat's youth was charmed and hilarious, and unbelievably free in its access to unspoiled nature through bird-banding expeditions and overnight outings in the dead of winter. The author writes of sleeping in haystacks for survival, and other adventures, with equal shares of Booth Tarkington and Jack London. He also brings back Mutt, the famous hero-dog of his classic THE DOG WHO WOULDN'T BE, and his pet owl Wol, hero of OWLS IN THE FAMILY. The tale of an outrageous and clever boy, BORN NAKED takes its place as the foundation of the Farley Mowat canon.
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(THEY COULD SURVIVE ANYTHING IN THE ARCTIC WILDERNESS--EXC...)
THEY COULD SURVIVE ANYTHING IN THE ARCTIC WILDERNESS--EXCEPT THE WHITE MAN. They were rich, the caribou were abundant. Their dogs were many and strong. The children in the tents were happy, and there was never any fear of going hungry. Then came the ruthless white man's civilization. And with it came slaughter of the herds, starvation of the flesh, and torture of the spirit.
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( In 1886, the Ihalmiut people of northern Canada numbere...)
In 1886, the Ihalmiut people of northern Canada numbered seven thousand; by 1946, when Farley Mowat began his two-year stay in the Arctic, the population had fallen to just forty. With them, he observed for the first time the phenomenon that would inspire him for the rest of his life: the millennia-old migration of the Arctic's caribou herds. He also endured bleak, interminable winters, suffered agonizing shortages of food, and witnessed the continual, devastating intrusions of outsiders bent on exploitation. Here, in this classic and first book to demonstrate the mammoth literary talent that would produce some of the most memorable books of the next half-century, best-selling author Farley Mowat chronicles his harrowing experiences. People of the Deer is the lyrical ethnography of a beautiful and endangered society. It is a mournful reproach to those who would manipulate and destroy indigenous cultures throughout the world. Most of all, it is a tribute to the last People of the Deer, the diminished Ihalmiuts, whose calamitous encounter with our civilization resulted in their unnecessary demise.
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( The hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage ...)
The hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage tug that saved hundreds of lives during two decades of service in the North Atlantic.
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(One of the great storytellers of our century writes passi...)
One of the great storytellers of our century writes passionately of the courage of men and of a small, ocean-going salvage tug, Foundation Franklin. The captain and the crew were mostly Newfounders; the sea was in their blood. Battered by towering waves, dwarfed by the ships she towed, blasted by gale-force winds and frozen by squalls of snow and rain, the stout ship and her brave crew saved hundreds of vessels and thousands of lives as they battled their ancient enemy, the North Atlantic.
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(People of the Deer, Farley Mowat's first book, was publis...)
People of the Deer, Farley Mowat's first book, was published in 1952. At the time, the story was already old, but the way in which Mowat told it was new. It's the story of white people disrupting and ruining Indigenous culture. What Mowat changed was the setting, the approach, and the tone: he was in the North, he was living with the ruined culture, and he was berating the white people who ruined it.
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(From Wikipedia: The Grey Seas Under is a non-fiction book...)
From Wikipedia: The Grey Seas Under is a non-fiction book by well-known Canadian author Farley Mowat about the Atlantic Salvage Tug Foundation Franklin, operated by the firm Foundation Maritime in Canada's Maritime provinces from 1930 to 1948. ~~~ The book traces the history of the company and its discovery of a powerful salvage tug, the former Royal Navy tug HMS Frisky, was constructed by the John Lewis and Sons Shipbuilding at Aberdeen, Scotland. Decommissioned and in 1924 sold to a German company as the SS Gustavo Ipland, she was purchased and renamed by Foundation Maritime in 1930. The book follows the tug's various captains and crews in many daring rescues during the Great Depression and World War II based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The book finishes with Franklins last voyage in January 1948 while nearly sinking while towing the Motor Ship Arosa though a hurricane. Suffering severe damage, the thirty-year-old Franklin limped home, arriving at Halifax on February 5, 1948. The tow of Arosa was completed by another Foundation salvage vessel, Foundation Josephine. ~~~ The Grey Seas Under is one of the few nonfiction books to detail the adventures of a salvage tug and its crews. It was inspired when Mowat heard tales about the legendary tug while his schooner moored beside a later Foundation Maritime tug during the 1950s. The book was first published in 1958 and is still in print (ISBN 1-58574-240-6). Mowat followed The Grey Seas Under with a book about Foundation Josephine entitled The Serpent's Coil. ~~~ Farley McGill Mowat, OC (born May 12, 1921) is a Canadian author and environmentalist. ~~~ His works have been translated into 52 languages and he has sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian North, such as People of the Deer (1952) and Never Cry Wolf (1963). The latter, an account of his experiences with wolves in the Arctic, was made into a film, and was released in 1983...
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(In 1953, Farley Mowat, a Canadian infantryman during Worl...)
In 1953, Farley Mowat, a Canadian infantryman during World War II, returned to Europe, a place he knew only during the ravages of wartime. Together with his wife, he returns to England, France, and Italy to reexamine the past and find hope in the future. This is a unique and compelling look at a world that has undergone dramatic changes in the last fifty years, described in vintage Farley Mowat style.
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( Farley Mowat's outrageous memoir begins with his unlike...)
Farley Mowat's outrageous memoir begins with his unlikely conception in a canoe and continues to his boyhood fascination with creatures of the natural world and on to his youthful rambles and adventures. To his immense pleasure and his parents' dismay, he adopted various beasts (whom he affectionately calls "The Others") as roomates. In this boyhood memoir, he recounts the exploits of this second family, who have been the subjects of many of his beloved books for young readers. This is the tale of a mischievous, immensely gifted young naturalist, recounted with the wisdom, humour and grown-up perspective of a very talented writer.
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(Author Farley Moweat tells the story of a small, ocean-go...)
Author Farley Moweat tells the story of a small, ocean-going salvage tug, the Foundation Franklin, and the rescue work she did over a 15-year period to save ships buffeted by wind, storm and sea on the cruel waters of the North Atlantic. Canadian owners bought her from a grave yard of rusting ships and refurbished her 156 feet. Despite her antiquated appearance, she saved literally hundreds of ships and thousands of lives. Mowat describes the epic struggle of the Franklin and her crew against their ancient enemy, the sea, with a life-and-death intensity. And his account of the rigors of the war years, when the Franklin went out unprotected into waters patrolled by the deadly U-boats to rescue ships crippled by torpedoes and convoy collisions makes adventure reading that is truly unforgettable.
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( Turned away from the Royal Canadian Air Force for his a...)
Turned away from the Royal Canadian Air Force for his apparent youth and frailty, Farley Mowat joined the infantry in 1940. The young second lieutenant soon earned the trust of the soldiers under his command, and was known to bend army rules to secure a stout drink, or find warm — if nonregulation — clothing. But when Mowat and his regiment engaged with elite German forces in the mountains of Sicily, the optimism of their early days as soldiers was replaced by despair. With a naturalist's eyes and ears, Mowat takes in the full dark depths of war; his moving account of military service, and the friends he left behind, is also a plea for peace.
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(More than a half-century ago the naturalist Farley Mowat ...)
More than a half-century ago the naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate why wolves were killing arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone -- studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for the wolves (who were of no threat to caribou or man) -- is today celebrated as a classic of nature writing, at once a tale of remarkable adventures and indelible record of myths and magic of wolves.
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(The Black Joke is a rousing sea story in the tradition of...)
The Black Joke is a rousing sea story in the tradition of the great classic pirate tales. The time is the 1930s. The loot is bootleg liquor, not pirate gold. And the ship is the “Black Joke,” the speediest, nimblest craft on the Newfoundland coast – Jonathon Spence, owner and master. An unwelcome passenger enmeshes the boat and her crew (young Peter and Kye) in danger and near destruction…until the fiercely independent people of the island of Miquelon are caught up in the fate of the “Black Joke” and the cargo aboard her.
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(Awasin and Jamie, brothers in courage, meet a challenge m...)
Awasin and Jamie, brothers in courage, meet a challenge many mountain men could not endure. When their canoe is destroyed by the fury of the rapids, they must face the wilderness with no food and no hope of rescue. To survive, they build an igloo, battle a towering grizzly bear, track several wolves, slaughter caribou for food and clothing. Two lost huskies they tame bring companionship--and maybe a way home from their dangerous adventure.
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(Using one of his own trips through the Eastern Arctic as ...)
Using one of his own trips through the Eastern Arctic as a starting point, Farley Mowat interweaves the stories of the Barren Ground Inuit with stunning, lyrical descriptions of the Northern landscape. With great beauty and terrible anguish, Mowat traces the history of the Inuit, revealing how the arrival of the Kablunait — white man — in the early part of the century and the subsequent obliteration of the caribou herds combined to unleash a series of famines and epidemics that virtually wiped out the Barren Ground Inuit population. Full of larger-than-life characters — old-time Hudson's Bay company men, eccentric priests, wild bush pilots and well-meaning interlopers — Walking on the Land is an unforgettable account by one of Canada's most committed and impassioned voices.
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(Novel of the life of the Eskimo people as they confront t...)
Novel of the life of the Eskimo people as they confront the survival of "sense of self" in a changing world along with survival of family and way of life in a diffcult environment.
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( The northeastern seaboard of North America, extending f...)
The northeastern seaboard of North America, extending from Labrador to Cape Cod, was the first region of North America to suffer from human exploitation. Farley Mowat informs the extensive historical and biological research with his direct experience living in and observing this region. When it was first published nearly thirty years ago, Sea of Slaughter served as a catalyst for environment reform, raising awareness of the decline and destruction of marine and coastal species. Today, it remains a prescient and chilling environmental classic, serving, now as ever, as a haunting reminder of the impact of human interest on the natural world.
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(with Connections to Aesop's Fabels, Lessons of the Whales...)
with Connections to Aesop's Fabels, Lessons of the Whales, The Wolf Cry and more
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Mowat, Farley Mcgill was born on May 12, 1921 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Son of Angus McGill and Helen (Thomson) Mowat.
Bachelor, University Toronto, 1949. Doctor of Laws, University Toronto, 1973. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Laurentian University, 1970.
Doctor of Laws, University Lethbridge, Alberta, 1973. Doctor of Laws, University Prince Edward Island, 1979. Doctor of Letters, University Victoria, British Columbia, 1982.
Doctor of Letters, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1994. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1995.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University College of Cape Breton, Sydney, Nova Scotia, 1996.
Arctic exploration, science work, 1947-1948. Writer, since 1950.
(In December 1985 Dian Fossey's life came to a violent end...)
(From Wikipedia: The Grey Seas Under is a non-fiction book...)
( In this bestseller, Farley Mowat challenges the convent...)
(Author Farley Moweat tells the story of a small, ocean-go...)
( Farley Mowat's outrageous memoir begins with his unlike...)
(Using one of his own trips through the Eastern Arctic as ...)
( When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a lagoon nea...)
( Farley Mowat's youth was charmed and hilarious, and unb...)
(Novel of the life of the Eskimo people as they confront t...)
( In 1886, the Ihalmiut people of northern Canada numbere...)
(The northeastern seaboard of the United States and Canada...)
(The northeastern seaboard of the United States and Canada...)
( In July of 1942, Mowat was an eager, idealistic infantr...)
( The northeastern seaboard of North America, extending f...)
(Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic...)
(Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic...)
(Hordes of bloodthirsty wolves are slaughtering the arctic...)
(One of the great storytellers of our century writes passi...)
( The hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage ...)
(In 1953, Farley Mowat, a Canadian infantryman during Worl...)
(Never Cry Wolf is one of the brilliant narratives on the ...)
(In 1953, Farley Mowat, a Canadian infantryman during Worl...)
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(In this special edition of Mowat's collected writings abo...)
(Deep in the volcano country of central Africa live some o...)
( Turned away from the Royal Canadian Air Force for his a...)
(More than a half-century ago the naturalist Farley Mowat ...)
(Classic works by one of North America's greatest storytel...)
(Classic works by one of North America's greatest storytel...)
(The adventures of two owls who shake up an entire neighbo...)
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(Awasin and Jamie, brothers in courage, meet a challenge m...)
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(The Black Joke is a rousing sea story in the tradition of...)
(Mowat's moving plea, based on actual events, to end comme...)
(Mowat's moving plea, based on actual events, to end comme...)
(with Connections to Aesop's Fabels, Lessons of the Whales...)
(Never Cry Wolf NEVER CRY WOLF By Mowat, Farley ( Author )...)
(THEY COULD SURVIVE ANYTHING IN THE ARCTIC WILDERNESS--EXC...)
(THEY COULD SURVIVE ANYTHING IN THE ARCTIC WILDERNESS--EXC...)
(THEY COULD SURVIVE ANYTHING IN THE ARCTIC WILDERNESS--EXC...)
(People of the Deer, Farley Mowat's first book, was publis...)
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(The Story of Fossy and the mountain gorillas of Africa.)
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Served to captain infantry Canadian Army, 1939-1945.
Married Frances Elizabeth Thornhill, December 21, 1947. Children: Robert Alexander, David Peter. Married Claire Angel Wheeler, 1965.