Ebook: Devil in deerskins: my life with Grey Owl
Author: Anahareo, Grey Owl, McCall Sophie
- Tags: Conservationists, Conservationists--Canada, Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement)--Canada, Indians of North America, Indians of North America--Canada, Indiens d'Amérique--Canada, Native peoples--Canada, Ressources Internet, Biographies, Biography, Anahareo -- 1906-1985, Grey Owl -- 1888-1938, Indians of North America -- Canada -- Biography, Conservationists -- Canada -- Biography, Native peoples -- Canada -- Biography, Indiens d'Amérique -- Canada -- Biographies, Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environn
- Series: First voices first texts 1
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
- City: Canada
- Language: English
- epub
Anahareo (1906-1985) was a Mohawk writer, environmentalist, and activist. She was also the wife of Grey Owl, aka Archie Belaney, the internationally celebrated writer and speaker who claimed to be of Scottish and Apache descent, but whose true ancestry as a white Englishman only became known after his death.
Devil in Deerskins is Anahareo's autobiography up to and including her marriage to Grey Owl. In vivid prose she captures their extensive travels through the bush and their work towards environmental and wildlife protection. Here we see the daily life of an extraordinary Mohawk woman whose independence, intellect and moral conviction had direct influence on Grey Owl's conversion from trapper to conservationist. Though first published in 1972, Devil in Deerskins's observations on indigeneity, culture, and land speak directly to contemporary audiences.
Devil in Deerskins is the first book in the First Voices, First Texts series. This new edition includes forewords by...