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Mowat Farley

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be

Bantam Books

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Farely Mowat's best loved book tells the splendidly entertaining story of his boyhood on the Canadian prairies.  Mutt's pedigree was uncertain, but his madness was indisputable.  He climbed tress and ladders, rode passenger in an open car wearing goggles and displaying hunting skills that bordered on sheer genius.  He was a marvelous dog, worthy of an unusual boy growing up a raw, untamed wilderness.
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

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It seemed like a good idea. Tired of everyday life ashore, Farley Mowat would find a sturdy boat in Newfoundland and roam the salt sea over, free as a bird. What he found was the worst boat in the world, and she nearly drove him mad. The Happy Adventure, despite all that Farley and his Newfoundland helpers could do, leaked like a sieve. Her engine only worked when she felt like it. Typically, on her maiden voyage, with the engine stuck in reverse, she backed out of the harbour under full sail. And she sank, regularly.

How Farley and a varied crew, including the intrepid lady who married him, coaxed the boat from Newfoundland to Lake Ontario is a marvellous story. The encounters with sharks, rum-runners, rum and a host of unforgettable characters on land and sea make this a very funny book for readers of all ages.
Eastern Passage

Emblem Editions

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Following Farley Mowat’s bestselling memoir, Otherwise, the literary lion returns with an unexpected triumph

Eastern Passage is a new and captivating piece of the puzzle of Farley Mowat’s life: the years from his return from the north in the late 1940s to his discovery of Newfoundland and his love affair with the sea in the 1950s. This was a time in which he wrote his first books and weathered his first storms of controversy, a time when he was discovering himself through experiences that, as he writes, "go to the heart of who and what I was" during his formative years as a writer and activist.

In the 1950s, with his career taking off but his first marriage troubled, Farley Mowat buys a piece of land northwest of Toronto and attempts to settle down. His accounts of building his home are by turns hilarious and affecting, while the insights into his early work and his relationship with his publishers offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a writer’s career.

But in the end, his restless soul could not be pinned to one place, and when his father offered him a chance to sail down the St. Lawrence, he jumped at it, not realizing that his journey would bring him face to face with one of Canada’s more shocking secrets – one most of us still don’t know today. This horrific incident, recalling as it did the lingering aftermath of war, and from which it took the area decades to recover, would forge the final tempering of Mowat as the activist we know today.

Farley Mowat grows wiser and more courageous with each passing year, and Eastern Passage is a funny, astute, and moving book that reveals that there is more yet to this fascinating and beloved figure than we think we know.




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Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

Back Bay Books

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More than a half-century ago the Canadian Wildlife Service assigned 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) and for a friendly Inuit tribe known as the Ihalmiut ("People of the Deer")-is a work that has become cherished by generations of readers, an indelible record of the myths and magic of wild wolves.
The Farfarers: A New History of North America

Skyhorse Publishing

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“The Farfarers is worth reading, if for no other reason than to experience a provocative, alternative version of history, written by a master storyteller.”—The New York Times

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. 24 black-and-white photographs
Snow Walker (The Farley Mowat Series)

Stackpole Books

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  • Classic works by one of North America's greatest storytellers brought back to print in a new paperback series
  • Inspiration for the major motion picture from Infinity Media and First Look International

    Central to Farley Mowat's writing is his quest to understand the often-forgotten native people of the vast arctic wilderness. In this moving collection, he allows these people to describe in their own words the adventures they experience as they struggle to survive in an isolated, untamed land. Stories of survival and courage, of superstition and fate, of uncompromising loyalty to family and tribe are presented here, offering a vivid portrait of a people whose existence is often beyond the comprehension of modern man.

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    Renowned Canadian author Farley Mowat endorses STV system - Vancouver Sun
    Vancouver Sun,  Canada - May 09, 2009
    Renowned Canadian author Farley Mowat endorses STV systemBy NEAL HALL, Vancouver SunMay 5, 2009Comments (4) VANCOUVER – All Farley Mowat wants for his birthday on May 12 is for the people of BC to vote for STV, the Canadian author says in a new video posted online at the pro-STV website. In BC Canada: Vote on STV. Green Party supports.

    Citizens to give voice to our unique stories - Edmonton Journal
    Edmonton Journal, Canada - May 14, 2009
    Citizens to give voice to our unique storiesMowat has lived and worked in Vancouver, Montreal and Winnipeg. He grew up in Sherwood Park and was lured back to these environs, in 2007, for a great job and for some of those emotional experiences. On his first day in Edmonton, his dog, Farley,

    Local filmmakers share the SIFF spotlight this year - Seattle Times
    Seattle Times, United States - May 24, 2009
    Local filmmakers share the SIFF spotlight this yearFriday Harbor resident Farley Mowat is a primary source for this profile of British Columbian marine environmentalist Paul Watson. "Sweet Crude." Local filmmaker Sandy Cioffi's exposé of the oil business in the Niger Delta screened at SIFF as a

    The faux defense of Western liberties from the anti-Muslim, Mark ...
    Salon - May 06, 2009
    including Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez, Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, Italian playwright Dario Fo, British novelist Doris Lessing and Canadian writer and environmentalist Farley Mowat.

    FirstAlert[tm] 5/12: Taking Dilution To The Bank - Trading Markets (press release)
    Trading Markets (press release), CA - May 12, 2009
    FirstAlert[tm] 5/12: Taking Dilution To The BankGeorge Carlin Happy Birthday: Florence Nightingale, Henry Cabot Lodge, Katharine Hepburn, Howard K. Smith, Farley Mowat, Yogi Berra, Burt Bacharach, George Carlin, Steve Winwood, Bruce Boxleitner, Billy Squier, Kix Brooks, Emilio Estevez,