The Boat Who Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat

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Farley Mowat

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The Boat Who Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat is a book of non-fiction detailing the author's fascinating and humorous journey across Canada and his stay in various parts of Newfoundland while trying to live the dream of becoming a sailor. The book begins with Mowat describing his fear of auctions. As a small boy, Mowat witnesses his father getting carried away at an auction and ended up buying thirty hives of...

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Farley Mowat Biographies (3)

Farley (McGill) Mowat

2,333 words, approx. 8 pages

Farley McGill Mowat was born in Belleville, Ontario, on 12 May 1921, the son of Angus McGill and Helen E. Thomson Mowat. Educated in public schools in Ontario and Saskatchewan, he completed his B.A. a... Read more

Farley Mowat

3,191 words, approx. 11 pages

Farley Mowat is considered by many to be "Canada's most famous author of nature lore," according to John Bemrose writing in Maclean's. With nearly forty published books and fourteen million copies of ... Read more

Farley Mowat

7,219 words, approx. 25 pages

"I was conceived in a green canoe on the Bay of Quinte and born in a taxi between Trenton and Belleville."1An auspicious beginning for a man who would spend much of his life moving around. "I grew up ... Read more

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