From the Land of Shadows: The Making of Grey Owl
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295977922 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 334 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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He died in 1938 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, as the famed North American Indian conservationist Grey Owl. Grey Owl was born Archibald Stansfeld Belaney in 1888, in Hastings, England. An enormously successful impostor, he played the part of an Indian with a dramatic flourish. He lived in a cabin in Prince Albert National Park that was specially constructed so his beaver could build their lodge in it.. Wearing his trademark costume, he was granted an audience with King George VI, to whom he preached his message of conservation. By his mid-thirties he had become a protector of wildlife, particularly beaver, and a popular author and lecturer. On emigrating to Canada, he spent his early years as a trapper in northern Ontario and Quebec
"Comprehensive and accurate depiction of Grey Owl." according to A Customer. "The life and history of Grey OWL, without Donald B. Smith, is only conjecture." Donald, without a beat takes the reader, from the get go, into a detailed , informative , and throughly documented decription of the life of Archibald Stansfeld Belaney. Like a bible to a preacher, this work is replete with fascinating and delightful insights into a most remarkable character who did, in fact, realize a fantacy. The story of Grey Owl is complex, full of adventure, and quite exciting. Like most men he had some peculiar behavior traits; however, Donald Smith does a sensitive and objective analysis which offers the re