Pilgrims of the Wild

by Grey Owl, Michael Gnarowski (Introduction), Hugh Eayrs (Foreword by)

Overview

First published in 1935, Pilgrims of the Wild is Grey Owl’s autobiographical account of his transition from successful trapper to preservationist. With his Iroquois wife, Anahereo, Grey Owl set out to protect the environment and the endangered beaver. Powerful in its simplicity, Pilgrims of the Wild tells the story of Grey Owl’s life of happy cohabitation with the wild creatures of nature and the healing powers of what he referred to as "the great Northland" of "Over the Hills and Far Away."

A bestseller at the time, Pilgrims of the Wild helped establish Grey Owl’s international reputation as a conservationist. His legacy of warnings against the degradations of nature and the dangers of industry live on, despite the posthumous revelation that he wasn’t, in fact, the First Nations man he claimed to be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770705777
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	07/26/2010
Series:	Voyageur Classics , #17
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	759 KB

About the Author

Grey Owl (1888-1938), an Englishman, immigrated to Canada as Archibald Belaney in 1906 and quickly constructed an identity as a Native, assuming the Ojibwa name Wa-sha-quon-asin and eventually settling in Saskatchewan on Ajawaan Lake. He spread his message of preservation through multiple bestsellers, including The Men of the Last Frontier, The Adventures of Sajo and Her Beaver People, and Tales of an Empty Cabin.

Michael Gnarowski co-edited The Making of Modern Poetry in Canada, compiled The Concise Bibliography of E nglish Canadian Literature, and edited the Critical Views on Canadian Writers Series for McGraw-Hill Ryerson. He has written for Encyclopedia Americana, The Canadian Encyclopedia, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography, and The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry. Gnarowski is professor emeritus at Carleton University in Ottawa.

Michael Gnarowski has written for Encyclopedia Americana, The Canadian Encyclopedia, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography, and the Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry. Gnarowski is professor emeritus at Carleton University in Ottawa.

Table of Contents

Introduction Michael Gnarowski 7

A Note on the Text 20

Foreword Hugh Eayrs 21

Preface Grey Owl 25

Book 1 Touladi 31

Prologue 33

1 How Anahareo Had Her Way 37

2 How We Undertook a New Responsibility 54

3 How the Pilgrimage Commenced 66

4 How We Came to Touladi 84

5 How We Crossed the Slough of Despond 93

6 How We Built the House of McGinnis 109

7 How McGinty and McGinnis Opened a New Door 117

8 How We Made Christmas 130

9 How We Came to the Depths 145

Book 2 Queen of the Beaver People 159

1 How Anahareo Left Touladi 161

2 How the Queen and I Spent the Winter 172

3 The Coming of Rawhide 191

4 The Dark Hour and the Dawn 209

5 How We Left Rawhide Lake 222

6 How the Pilgrimage Was Ended 240

Epilogue 248

Bibliographical Note 252

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A bestseller when it was published in 1935, Pilgrims of the Wild is Grey Owls account of his transition from successful trapper to environmentalist, as he and his Iroquois wife, Anahareo, set out to protect the endangered beaver. Includes an informative and accessible introduction by Gnarowski."

Editorial Reviews

A bestseller when it was published in 1935, Pilgrims of the Wild is Grey Owls account of his transition from successful trapper to environmentalist, as he and his Iroquois wife, Anahareo, set out to protect the endangered beaver. Includes an informative and accessible introduction by Gnarowski.

The Globe & Mail

A bestseller when it was published in 1935, Pilgrims of the Wild is Grey Owls account of his transition from successful trapper to environmentalist, as he and his Iroquois wife, Anahareo, set out to protect the endangered beaver. Includes an informative and accessible introduction by Gnarowski.

From the Publisher