Rip: Farley mowat dies at 92

[Ms Erica Phoenix]

For many Canadians of my generation, Farley Mowat is Canadian literature.

I read "Owls in the Family" in 3rd grade, and dreamed of prairie childhoods with pet gophers, snakes and of course, owls. MY mother shared his books with me as a young child, because I didn't read the sort of stuff most kids my age did. I read "Never Cry Wolf", and dreamed of the lonely life of a wildlife biologist living among a family of wolves. When I saw Charles Martin Smith's movie "The Snow Walkers" I fell in love with Farley Mowat's northern Canada (I was already in love with Barry Pepper...)

Read some Farley Mowat today, then share it with someone you love.

 

[jlangley]

"Lost in the Barrens" and "Curse of the Viking Grave" were two of my favorite novels as a child. I'm sure they are a huge part of why I love a good novel to this day.

Thank you and RIP Farley Mowat

 

[Miss*Bijou]

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RIP Farley Mowat



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[papillion]

Fave book as a kid was "the Dog Who Wouldn't Be"
Also, "Whale for the Killing and " Never Cry Wolf"
We lost a great Canadian today.

 

[myselftheother]

For many Canadians of my generation, Farley Mowat is Canadian literature.

I read "Owls in the Family" in 3rd grade, and dreamed of prairie childhoods with pet gophers, snakes and of course, owls. MY mother shared his books with me as a young child, because I didn't read the sort of stuff most kids my age did. I read "Never Cry Wolf", and dreamed of the lonely life of a wildlife biologist living among a family of wolves. When I saw Charles Martin Smith's movie "The Snow Walkers" I fell in love with Farley Mowat's northern Canada (I was already in love with Barry Pepper...)

Read some Farley Mowat today, then share it with someone you love.

Read the same books in school, and also the one of his story being in the Canadian Infantry's action in Sicily and Italy in WW2...which the name of escapes me. A passing of a Canadian Icon.