The snow walker

Title:

The snow walker

Author:

Mowat, Farley.

ISBN:

9780811731461

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2004.

Physical Description:

xi, 209 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Snow -- The blinding of André Maloche -- Stranger in Taransay -- The iron men -- Two who were one -- The blood in their veins -- The woman and the wolf -- The snow walker -- Walk well, my brother -- The white canoe -- Dark odyssey of Soosie.

Reading Level:

1130 L Lexile

Subject Term:

Arctic peoples -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Arctic regions -- Fiction.

Summary:

In these extraordinary stories of survival in a stark and savage land, Mowat writes passionately of the bonds between the aboriginal peoples of the far north and their harsh arctic environment. One of the most beloved storytellers of our time, he captures the courage and wisdom of the arctic people in this bestselling collection. Above all, The Snow Walker expresses his optimism, a belief that for all of us, there is only one hope - to live in harmony with the earth, not in conflict with it.

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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.

Author Notes

Farley Mowat's nearly forty books have sold millions of copies & have been published in more than twenty languages. His books include "Never Cry Wolf", "Sea of Slaughter", "The Farfarers", "People of the Deer", "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be", "The Desperate People", & "Ordeal by Ice".

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Kirkus Review

It's hard to say just why Farley Mowat is such an appealing writer. Part Arctic naturalist, part anthropologist, part raconteur and adventurer, Mowat has become over the years a gentle and persistent voice for The Snow People--Aleuts, Eskimos, Athapascan Indians of North America, Greenlanders, Lapps, Nensi, Siberian tribesmen, Yakuts and Yukagirs. All are peoples whose culture is being vanquished inexorably by the ""megalomaniac arrogance"" of Western technology, a technology which has made us ""think of snow with enmity."" It is a curious enmity, born of the vulnerability of our machines, and one that has carried over imperceptibly to the men who build their houses of snow and the creatures who have learned to accommodate themselves to the majestic and implacable fifth element. In this collection of tales, Mowat treads softly into the lives of the Innuit and prefers to remain unobtrusively in the background of these simple stories of men like Malcolm Nakusiak, an Eskimo washed ashore among the shepherds of the outer Hebrides; he never saw his homeland again hut became known among the Scots as ""the queer wee laddie who came out of the sea."" Or the boy Angutna and the white fox pup he befriended: they were called The Two Who Are One. Or the woman Soosie who went mad when officials from the Department of Northern Affairs came to take away her children. . . she began to smash everything. . . . Though Mowat is a fine storyteller, the sort you would be glad to hear around some campfire of a winter's night, there is a quintessential sadness to his Arctic traveler's tales. If you listen closely they are, each and every one, ""fragments from the final chapter in a long dark odyssey of a people's journey to destruction. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Library Journal Review

This and the two nonfiction titles below are the first in Stackpole's new "Farley Mowat Library." This 1975 collection of short stories focuses on Arctic natives. Mowat always has readers, but a forthcoming feature film based on The Snow Walker will boost interest. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Charles Martin Smith

Foreword	p. xi
Snow	p. 1
The Blinding of Andre Maloche	p. 11
Stranger in Taransay	p. 35
The Iron Men	p. 51
Two Who Were One	p. 69
The Blood in Their Veins	p. 85
The Woman and the Wolf	p. 105
The Snow Walker	p. 121
Walk Well, My Brother	p. 133
The White Canoe	p. 149
Dark Odyssey of Soosie	p. 171

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