With No Man's River, Farley Mowat has penned his best Arctic tale
in years. This book chronicles his life among Metis trappers and
native people as they struggle to eke out a living in a brutal
environment. In the spring of 1947, putting the death and
devastation of WWII behind him, Mowat joined a scientific
expedition. In the remote reaches of Manitoba, he witnessed an
Eskimo population ravaged by starvation and disease brought about
by the white man. In his efforts to provide the natives with some
of the assistance that the government failed to provide, Mowat set
out on an arduous journey that collided with one of nature's most
arresting phenomena,the migration of the Arctic's caribou herds.
Mowat was based at Windy Post with a Metis trapper and two Ihalmiut
children. A young girl, known as Rita, is painted with special
vividness,checking the trap lines with the men, riding atop a sled,
smoking a tiny pipe. Farley returns to the North two decades later
and discovers the tragic fate that befell her. Combining his
exquisite portraits with awe-inspiring passages on the power of
nature, No Man's River is another riveting memoir from one of North
America's most beloved writers.
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