The Dog Who Wouldn t Be Farley 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 trees and ladd
Farley 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 trees 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 iFarley 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 trees 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 in a raw, untamed wilderness.
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Farley Mowat
Farley McGill Mowat was a conservationist and one of Canada s most widely read authors.Many of his most popular works have been memoirs of his childhood, his war service, and his work as a naturalist His works have been translated into 52 languages and he has sold than 14 million books Mowat studied biology at the University of Toronto During a field trip to the Arctic, Mowat became outraged at the plight of the Ihalmiut, a Caribou Inuit band, which he attributed to misunderstanding by whites His outrage led him to publish his first novel, People of the Deer 1952 This book made Mowat into a literary celebrity and was largely responsible for the shift in the Canadian government s Inuit policy the government began shipping meat and dry goods to a people they previously denied existed.The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship RV Farley Mowat was named in honour of him, and he frequently visited it to assist its mission.