CANADA NORTH NOW - The Great Betrayal
The Farfarers: A New History of North America
Lost in the Barrens
Lost in the Barrens
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.
- Brand: Mowat, Farley/ Geer, Charles (ILT)
- ASIN: 0553275259
Canada North.
The Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission of a N.A. Salvage Tug
Farley: The Life of Farley Mowat
Farley: The Life of Farley Mowat
The Toronto Star recently called Farley Mowat, the author of thirty-eight books that have sold more than fourteen million copies in twenty-four languages over five decades “Canada’s answer to Gerald Durrell crossed with Mark Twain” and “a meaty subject for the biographer.” And at age 82, he is still going strong with yet another new book, High Latitudes (Steerforth, March 2002). He is famous for throwing a spotlight on environmental and animal-rights concerns with such titles as Never Cry Wolf and A Whale for the Killing, for rankling the academy with such works of speculative history as Westviking and The Farfarers, and for attracting young fans with such heartwarming tales as Owls in the Family. He may be equally well known for his outrageous behavior — howling like a wolf at the dinner table and doing strange dances in a kilt while making oinking noises are among his exploits at formal events — and for headline-grabbing predicaments — he was barred for a time from entering the United States.James King’s Farley is the first biography of this singularly influential man of letters. Margaret Atwood calls Mowat’s books “the spark that struck the tinder that ignited the fire from which many subsequent generations of writers and activists have lit their torches,...
- Brand: Brand: Steerforth
- ASIN: 1586420550
Travels with Farley: A Memoir
Travels with Farley: A Memoir
Claire Mowat and her husband, Farley, spent the first five years of their marriage living in an isolated Newfoundland outport. It was out of that experience that Claire Mowat was inspired to write her acclaimed memoir The Outport People. As Farleys writing career took off, they decided to return to Ontario, to be closer to the publishing world. Farley and Claire settled down to raise a family in the picturesque town of Port Hope, where Farleys mother was living. After the tragic stillborn death of their first and only child, Farley persuaded Claire to leave Port Hope and go with him to the Magdalen Islands to make a film with the CBC on lobster fishing. They immediately fell in love with the windswept islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Soon they had bought a house there, on the edge of one of the only English-speaking communities in the archipelago. Their Magdalen Island home became an exotic destination for friends and luminaries of the periodPierre and Margaret Trudeau arrived by helicopter one afternoon, although most visitors took the ferry from Prince Edward Island.With a nod to John Steinbecks Travels with Charley, Claire Mowat has crafted a second memoir as charming and insightful as the first, providing an intimate portrait of a marriage and a window on Farley Mowats wr...
- Brand: Brand: Key Porter Books
- ASIN: 155263714X
Qallunaaq:Journey To Baffin Island
Qallunaaq:Journey To Baffin Island
When acclaimed National Geographic writer sets off for Baffin Island on a quest for an Inuit who died four hundred years ago, and was the first native of North America seen in Europe, he encounters an strange, unfamiliar world where his own preconceptions are tested to the full. Packed with historical insight and acute, physical observation, the result is a funny, moving, and ultimately profound, tale of the meeting of two cultures - Heather Macadam, author of " Rena's Promise."
- ASIN: B0052YGU1C
In memory of a Canadian legend Farley Mowat
Farley Mowat, one of Canada's best known authors and a noted environmentalist, has died. He was 92. Mowat wrote dozens of works including Lost in the Barrens and Never Cry Wolf, and his books sold more than 17 million copies worldwide. He also had a deep love of nature, and spent a lot of time i...
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Sea Shepherd Farley Mowat Rammed - Seal Defense Campaign 08
Canadian Coast Guard Rams Farley Mowat The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS Des Groseilliers twice rammed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship Farley Mowat. The Coast Guard had ordered the Farley Mowat to not approach the area where seals are being slaughtered. When the Farley Mow...
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Farley Mowat-Walking the Land-author interview
Best of Bookbits- There is no writer quite like Farley Mowat. His books have alerted us to the plights of wolves, whales and indigenous peoples. His "Boat Who Wouldn't Float" is one of the funniest books ever written. At over eighty years old, he just won't stop writing. "Walking the Land" in 20...
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Lost in the Barrens (1990) - Full Movie
Ripped from a VHS tape. Based on the novel by Farley Mowat.
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