Snow Walker [Mass Market Paperback]

Farley Mowat (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1984

Classic works by one of North America's greatest storytellers brought back to print in a new paperback series

Inspiration for the major motion picture from Infinity Media and First Look International

Central to Farley Mowat's writing is his quest to understand the often-forgotten native people of the vast arctic wilderness. In this moving collection, he allows these people to describe in their own words the adventures they experience as they struggle to survive in an isolated, untamed land. Stories of survival and courage, of superstition and fate, of uncompromising loyalty to family and tribe are presented here, offering a vivid portrait of a people whose existence is often beyond the comprehension of modern man.

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About the Author

Farley Mowat was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1921, and grew up in Belleville, Trenton, Windsor, Saskatoon, Toronto, and Richmond Hill. He served in World War II from 1940 until 1945, entering the army as a private and emerging with the rank of captain. He began writing for his living in 1949 after spending two years in the Arctic. Since 1949 he has lived in or visited almost every part of Canada and many other lands, including the distant regions of Siberia. He remains an inveterate traveller with a passion for remote places and peoples. He has twenty-five books to his name, which have been published in translations in over twenty languages in more than sixty countries. They include such internationally known works as People of the Deer, The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, Never Cry Wolf, Westviking, The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float, Sibir, A Whale for the Killing, The Snow Walker, And No Birds Sang, and Virunga: The Passion of Dian Fossey. His short stories and articles have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Maclean’s, Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Seal Books (November 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0770422098
• ISBN-13: 978-0770422097
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A northern light., July 24, 2002

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Wesley L. Janssen (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Snow Walker (Mass Market Paperback)

Canada's poet-biologist-sociologist, Farley Mowat, is the almost invisible traveler in this journey across the snow swept northern barrens. He illuminates a place which most of us will never know. From its land forms to its creatures to the lives and thoughts of its native peoples. An engrossing collection of storytelling that could only be the product of the writers intimacy with place.
Says Mowat, "The northern people are happy when snow lies heavy on the land. They welcome the first snow in autumn, and often regret its passing in the spring. Snow is their friend. Without it they would have perished or -- almost worse from their point of view -- they would long since have been driven south to join us in our frenetic rush to wherever it is that we are bound."

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Winter's Reading, February 21, 2000

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steve androvette (Oakland,Ca.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Snow Walker (Mass Market Paperback)

I loved this book as much as any that I've ever read.I'm not sure where Mr.Mowat found his ideas for these stories,but it sure seems like they are 'true myths' of the North that he has discov- ered through talking to Arctic/Nordic inhabitants. All of these tales are deeply inspiring,and terrific reads.Especially if,like myself,you enjoyed the Jack London Northern Tales.I highly recommend this book to anyone who appreciates stories about men and animals overcoming tremen- dous obstacles to survive in 'their' climate.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Snow Walker, March 19, 2006

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Chrissy K. McVay "Writer" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Snow Walker (The Farley Mowat Series) (Paperback)

This is a great collection of stories in classic Farley Mowat style; compelling. A fantastic movie was made of one of the short stories in the collection and also titled 'Snow Walker', but read the book first. He's written many wonderful books, but my favorite tales will always be of the Inuit where his love of the people and their culture shines through.
Chrissy K. McVay
author of 'Souls of the North Wind'