"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.
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1: Arrival in Temagami
Chapter 2: More or Less a Renegade
Chapter 3: The Injured Foot
Chapter 4: Pony
Chapter 5: McGinnis and McGinty
Chapter 6: Grey Owl Emerges
Chapter 7: A Lake Called Ajawaan
Chapter 8: "A Single Green Leaf"
Chapter 9: The Myth Explodes
Epilogue
Bibliography
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.