Three books centre on his eight-year residency inīurgeo, Newfoundland: The Rock within the Sea (1968) presents his seafaring neighbours as heroic because they are uncorrupted by modern technology The Boat Who Wouldn't Float (1969, The Regiment (1961) and And No Birds Sang (1979) deal with his experiences in the Second World War. Many of his works are autobiographical: The Dog Who Wouldn't Be (1957) and Owls in the Family (1961) are comic recollections of his youth Mowat’s antipathies produce ridicule, lampoons and at times, evangelical condemnation. Commitments to ideals inspire verbalįireworks, while his enthusiasms evoke poetic descriptions and vivid images. No matter what the context, his narratives and anecdotes are fast-paced and compelling, his tonegraceful, personal, and conversational. Mowat is considered a natural storyteller, but he is also a brilliant stylist. His observations led to his first book, People of the Deer (1952), which made him an instant, albeit controversial, celebrity. He studied at the University of Toronto on a field trip as a student biologist he became outraged at the problems of the Inuit,Īll of which he attributed to white misunderstanding and exploitation. "mostly verse" while living with his family in Windsor (1930–33) and then publishing a regular column based on his observations of birds in The Star-Phoenix after hisįamily moved to Saskatoon. The great grandnephew of Ontario Premier Sir Oliver Mowat and son of a veteran of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Farley Mowat has been writing since his pre-teens.
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