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ix, 320 pages : 23 cm "Abandoned by his parents, Archie Belaney had a lonely and unhappy childhood in the 1890s in Hastings, Sussex, England, but found refuge in a fantasy world of his own making, centring on the North American Indian. By the time he died in Saskatchewan at the age of forty-nine, he had created for himself a different heritage, and was known to the world as Grey Owl, one of Canada's greatest conservationists and one of the foremost Canadian writers of his day. Appointed to Riding Mountain and later to Prince Albert National Park to look after a beaver conservation programme, Grey Owl wrote four books--books that remain in print and that have been translated into numerous languages... His work was extremely popular, especially in Britain, where he made two lecture tours. Animal lovers throughout the world viewed his films about his life with the beaver. After Grey Owl's death in 1938, the press discovered his English birth, and so began the public's fascination with his racial masquerade, and his conservationist message. This new biography continues the probe begun by Lovat Dickson, Grey Owl's friend and publisher in England, in his book Wilderness Man, published in

Author

Smith, Donald B.

Publisher

Saskatoon, Sask.: Western Producer Prairie Books

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9780888333476

Subjects

Economics, History, Nature