{"product_id":"9780771064906","title":"Otherwise","description":"A Canadian icon gives us his final book, a memoir of the events that shaped this  beloved writer and activist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Farley Mowat has been beguiling readers for fifty years  now, creating a body of writing that has thrilled two generations, selling literally  millions of copies in the process. In looking back over his accomplishments, we are  reminded of his groundbreaking work: He single-handedly began the rehabilitation  of the wolf with \u003ci\u003eNever Cry Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the first to bring advocacy activism on behalf  of the Inuit and their northern lands with \u003ci\u003ePeople of the Deer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Desperate People\u003c\/i\u003e.  And his was the first populist voice raised in defense of the environment and of  the creatures with whom we share our world, the ones he has always called \u003ci\u003eThe Others\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOtherwise\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir of the years between 1937 and the autumn of 1948 that tells  the story of the events that forged the writer and activist. His was an innocent  childhood, spent free of normal strictures, and largely in the company of an assortment  of dogs, owls, squirrels, snakes, rabbits, and other wildlife. From this, he was  catapulted into wartime service, as anxious as any other young man of his generation  to get to Europe and the fighting. The carnage of the Italian campaign shattered  his faith in humanity forever, and he returned home unable and unwilling to fit into  post-war Canadian life. Desperate, he accepted a stint on a scientific collecting  expedition to the Barrengrounds. There in the bleak but beautiful landscape he finds  his purpose – first with the wolves and then with the indomitable but desperately  starving Ihalmiut. Out of these experiences come his first pitched battles with an  ignorant and uncaring federal bureaucracy as he tries to get aid for the famine-stricken  Inuit. And out of these experiences, too, come his first books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOtherwise \u003c\/i\u003egoes to  the heart of who and what Farley Mowat is, a wondrous final achievement from a true  titan.","brand":"Mowat, Farley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Biography)","offer_id":44737257767136,"sku":"","price":12.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bb80dbc8-276c-4b60-9a2b-1f127a7d4636.jpg?v=1707058065","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9780771064906","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}