Farley Mowat
Biographic Data
| ID | 389400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Farley Mowat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Farley |
| FAMILY NAME | Mowat |
| SIGNATURE | MOWAT F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Burgeo / Newfoundland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Whale for the Killing
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 rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation. Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking open her back with a motorboat propeller. Mowat appealed des…
Westviking. The Ancient Norse in Greenland and North America
The Vinland Map / a Commentary
The accurate orientation and location of the portion of North America on the Vinland Map postulates that the map-maker had a clear understanding of the locations of Vinland and the other early Norse discoveries to the westward. It is the writer's theory that the name 'Vinland' originally referred to Leif Erikssen's landfall at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, but that after succeeding Norse settlement voyages from Greenland, the name became a generic f…
The Desperate People
The North West Company
People of the Deer
A Whale for the Killing
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 rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation. Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking open her back with a motorboat propeller. Mowat appealed des…
People of the Deer
The North West Company
The Desperate People
Westviking. The Ancient Norse in Greenland and North America
The Vinland Map / a Commentary
The accurate orientation and location of the portion of North America on the Vinland Map postulates that the map-maker had a clear understanding of the locations of Vinland and the other early Norse discoveries to the westward. It is the writer's theory that the name 'Vinland' originally referred to Leif Erikssen's landfall at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, but that after succeeding Norse settlement voyages from Greenland, the name became a generic f…
A Whale for the Killing
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 rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation. Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking open her back with a motorboat propeller. Mowat appealed des…
Geography (4 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Old Norse (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works) · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (1 works) · Bay (1 works) · Biology (1 works)