late Farley Mowat
I have read more than a few books by this renown Canadian who lived from 1921 till 2014 including
Never Cry Wolf which was made into a movie. As well as People of the Deer,, Owls in the Family( very funny)
A Whale for the Killing (disturbing) and more I won't list all the ones I've read but one I am currently 3/4
way through is "Coppermine Journey" which Farley wrote in 1958 it is about the adventures of English
explorer Samuel Hearne in the 18th century in what is now Manitoba ,NWT, and Nunavut which was part
of NWT when Farley M penned the book. Just finished a part of the book about the diet of Indians in the
region back in those times and to say it never ceased to disgust & repulse me would be the under statement
of the week! When the shot a deer for instance they didn't just eat the meet but drank it's blood, eat it's
fat & lungs even eat the partly digested food from the deer's stomach. To describe such eating habits
in first word to come to me: disgusting. After shooting a deer it was not uncommon for a hunter
to cut open their tummy reach into the deer to yang out both kidneys and eat them raw right
then & there. Then just when I thought it could not get any worse any more repulsive it does I'm
not joking. Back then the Indians would maggots by the handful as well as head lice. They would
deliberately try to get lice in their hair to brag about it and Indian kids would eat the lice
like kids today eat m&ms. Yep can somebody hand me a throw up bag already!
Never Cry Wolf which was made into a movie. As well as People of the Deer,, Owls in the Family( very funny)
A Whale for the Killing (disturbing) and more I won't list all the ones I've read but one I am currently 3/4
way through is "Coppermine Journey" which Farley wrote in 1958 it is about the adventures of English
explorer Samuel Hearne in the 18th century in what is now Manitoba ,NWT, and Nunavut which was part
of NWT when Farley M penned the book. Just finished a part of the book about the diet of Indians in the
region back in those times and to say it never ceased to disgust & repulse me would be the under statement
of the week! When the shot a deer for instance they didn't just eat the meet but drank it's blood, eat it's
fat & lungs even eat the partly digested food from the deer's stomach. To describe such eating habits
in first word to come to me: disgusting. After shooting a deer it was not uncommon for a hunter
to cut open their tummy reach into the deer to yang out both kidneys and eat them raw right
then & there. Then just when I thought it could not get any worse any more repulsive it does I'm
not joking. Back then the Indians would maggots by the handful as well as head lice. They would
deliberately try to get lice in their hair to brag about it and Indian kids would eat the lice
like kids today eat m&ms. Yep can somebody hand me a throw up bag already!
31-35, M
