Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Two Against the North Two Against the North Farley Mowat **Two boys, Awasin and Jamie, get lost and attempt to survive. Do they make it?** Panting and gasping, the rifle clutched in his hand, Jamie runs as he has never run before. In the distance, he ca… OL15391819W
The farfarers The farfarers Farley Mowat L'auteur, spécialiste du Grand Nord canadien, vise à démontrer que des Européens (les Albains) ont séjourné dans l'Arctique dès le 9e siècle et que, par conséquent, les Vikings (venus de Normandie) n… OL15947820W
The snow walker The snow walker Farley Mowat "Mowat writes passionately of the bonds between a traditional people and the harsh world they inhabit, compiling a collection of stories that gives voice to a vanishing existence lived in the vast Ar… OL28756753W
Canada north now Canada north now Farley Mowat An historical and general account of northern Canada designed to make southern Canadians more aware of the North. OL479058W
Lost in the Barrens - Collector's Edition Lost in the Barrens - Collector's Edition Farley Mowat Awasin, a Cree Indian boy, and Jamie, a Canadian orphan living with his uncle, the trapper Angus Macnair, are enchanted by the magic of the great Arctic wastes. They set out on an adventure that prov… OL479073W
Grey Seas Under Grey Seas Under Farley Mowat The hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage tug that saved hundreds of lives during two decades of service in the North Atlantic. OL479103W
High latitudes High latitudes Farley Mowat In High Latitudes Farley Mowat chronicles for the first time a sometimes hazardous journey he took across northern Canada in 1966. He hoped to write a book that would let northern people speak for th… OL479104W
Tundra Tundra Farley Mowat The final volume in the "Top of the World" series, "Tundra" is a land-based, rather than sea- and ice-based version of the earlier books. Canadian author Farley Mowat completes a marvellous history o… OL479109W
A Whale for the Killing A Whale for the Killing Farley Mowat ***In the 1960s, Farley Mowat was living in the tiny fishing community of Burgeo on the southwest coast of Newfoundland. When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, Mowat re… OL479112W
The curse of the Viking grave The curse of the Viking grave Farley Mowat The popular sequel to his award-winning Lost in the Barrens, this is Farley Mowat’s suspense-filled story of how Awasin, Jamie and Peetryuk, three adventure-prone boys, stumble upon a cache of Viking… OL479122W
Westviking Westviking Farley Mowat Reconstructs voyages of exploration and piracy that led to settlements on Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland and Vinland, from 960 to 1010 A.D. OL479126W
The polar passion The polar passion Farley Mowat This second volume of Farley Mowat's TOP OF THE WORLD TRILOGY is even more readable that the first and deals almost exclusively with the efforts of people to get further and further north, culminatin… OL479127W
And No Birds Sang And No Birds Sang Farley Mowat The harrowing account of young Farley Mowat's transformation form a patriotic boy into a hardened, weary soldier of World War II. OL479133W
Owls in the Family Owls in the Family Farley Mowat,farley mowat,Robert Frankenberg,Farley Mowat Describes the many adventures of a family that adopts two owls. OL479137W
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Farley Mowat This is a duplicate. Please update your lists. See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL479138W. OL479138W