Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat O.C. (born May 12, 1921) is a Canadian novelist and non-fiction author.

Impact

More than any other individual, Mowat has been responsible for the remarkable sea-change in popular attitudes towards the wolf species. Using a blend of fiction and observation he wrote an accessible portrait of the social relations in a wolf pack in his Never Cry Wolf, which did irreparable damage to the image of the wolf as a projection of human fears of our own darkest proclivities. While sometimes whimsical and even Disney-esque, the portrait was a real start in bringing an ethological (viewing non-humans in their own terms) view of wolves to the public.

Related Topics:
Wolf - Never Cry Wolf

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