Grey Owl
 

Book Information

  • Series: Amazing Stories
  • Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
  • Publication Date: 15 December 2011
  • Copyright Year: 2011
  • ISBN: 9781551537856
  • Page Count: 128
  • Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"

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Grey Owl

The Curious Life of Archie Belaney

by Irene Ternier Gordon

Grey Owl was known to millions of people as an outstanding Native Canadian spokesman who championed the cause of nature, conservation, and preservation. His cause was true, but the truth about Archie Belaney's mysterious ancestry was another story.
"He gave his extraordinary genius, his passionate sympathy, his bodily strength, his magnetic personal influence, even his very earnings to the service of animals..." - Lovat Dickson, publisher. This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: biography or animals. Grey Owl was known to millions of people as an outstanding Native Canadian spokesman who championed the cause of nature, conservation, and preservation. His cause was true, but the truth about Archie Belaney's mysterious ancestry was another story.

About the Author

IRENE GORDON lives along the Assiniboine River in Headingley, Manitoba. She has had a passion for history and writing since childhood. After a career as a teacher-librarian, she became a freelance writer in 1998.

Subjects (BISAC)

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)

Subjects

Canadian Biography, Canadian Biography: Indigenous

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