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Farley Mowat
Book List in Order: 20 titles
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Dog Who Wouldn't Be
- 1957
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MOWAT AND MUTT Farley Mowat's best-loved book tells the splendidly entertaining story of his boyhood on the Canadian prairies. The pedigree of Mutt, young Mowat's canine friend, was uncertain, but his madness was indisputable. Mutt climbed trees and...
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The Desperate People
- Jun-1959
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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 t... -
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Never Cry Wolf
- 1973
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This international bestseller that changed the way we look at wolves “opens new horizons in understanding animal nature and intelligence” (Newsday). In 1948, Farley Mowat landed in the far north of Manitoba, Canada, a young biologist sent to inv...
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The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
- May-1984
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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 Advent...
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Black Joke
- Sep-1987
- / Action Adventure
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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 coas...
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Curse of the Viking Grave
- Sep-1987
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The popular sequel to his award-winning Lost in the Barrens, this is Farley Mowat’s suspense-filled story of how Awasin, Jamie and Peetryuk, three adventure-prone boys, stumble upon a cache of Viking relics in an ancient tomb somewhere in the north...
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Lost in the Barrens
- Sep-1987
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Lost in the Barrens is an adventure story that takes place in northern Manitoba and southwestern North West Territories in 1935. It tells a coming of age tale of two boys in their late teens, one a white boy who has recently lost his parents, the oth...
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Woman in the Mists
- Nov-1988
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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 wai...
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Owls in the Family
- Jul-1989
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Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that.
But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood?
In Farley Mowat’s exciting children’s story, a young boy’s pet menager... -
The Regiment
- Oct-1989
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On 2 September 1939 the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment was mobilized and began training for war. For the next six years its members lived the heartbreak, the horror, and the glory of a bitter conflict on foreign soil. This is the heart-and-soul st...
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