Mendalla
Farley Mowat RIP - An icon is gone
Posted on: 05/07/2014 15:50
Many many years ago, I read the following books with enthusiasm and enjoyment:
Lost in the Barrens
Curse of the Viking Grave
Owls in the Family
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
The Black Joke
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
Never Cry Wolf
And No Birds Sang
And on goes the list. So, it was with a heavy heart that I heard the news today that iconic Canadian author and activist Farley Mowat had died. He has left quite a legacy for those us who remain. 92 years is a good long life for anyone but those of us touch by Farley's writing will miss him all the same.
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gecko46
Posted on: 05/07/2014 16:10
I, too, was an avid reader of Farley Mowat and will add to that list "People of the Deer" "Sea of Slaughter", "Grey Seas Under" and "A Whale For the Killing". This book got him in some trouble with some Newfoundlanders.
My favourite was and is "The Boat Who Wouldn't Float".
He will be missed...but his books and his legacy will live on.
RIP, Farley.
Arminius
Posted on: 05/08/2014 08:59
Canada's greatest environmentalist writer!
Yes, his books and his legacy will live on.
seeler
Posted on: 05/08/2014 09:54
I don't remember "The Black Joke". All the others mentioned are part of my reading list. I loved Farley Mowat's writing.
As I grew older I found myself disagreeing with him on some points (noteably the Newfoundland seal hunt) but I still liked his books.
seeler
Posted on: 05/08/2014 09:55
I don't remember "The Black Joke". All the others mentioned are part of my reading list. I loved Farley Mowat's writing.
As I grew older I found myself disagreeing with him on some points (noteably the Newfoundland seal hunt) but I still liked his books.
BetteTheRed
Posted on: 05/08/2014 10:11
I most recently re-read "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be". "Never Cry Wolf" is probably my favourite, but I think I've read almost everything he wrote at least once.
Lovely, approachable, wise man. Canada is much bereft.
Tabitha
Posted on: 05/08/2014 11:10
Rev, Matt posted a link on Facebook-along the Lines of Farley Mowat is really Dead. His spirit is in Fort Mac-refering to the bear killing a SunCoor oilsands worker.
JRT
Posted on: 05/19/2014 17:31
The last scene in his Never Cry Wolf is the float plane landing to pick him up and to deliver a new researcher. That new man was George Campbell with whom I taught for many years.He had precious little respect for Mowatt's book other than to admit that he told a good story.
Some of his most compelling wring was in his wartime memoir And No Birds Sang where he described his experience of all consuming paralyzing fear. Sea of Slaughter was also a real eye-opener.