Re: [Paddlewise] Books for the Long Nights

Mowat made the whole thing up.  

Richard Culpeper

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> From: KayakerKen_at_aol.com
> To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Books for the Long Nights
> Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 3:34 PM
> 
>    I have a question for this group. Maybe somebody out there knows the
> answer.
>  
>   Regarding "Paddle to the Arctic", by Don Starkle.  The author is
paddling
> north along the western shore of Hudson Bay and meets a local Indian. All
goes
> well until the local realizes that Don is writing a book. The local then
clams
> up. Apparently, sometime in the past, the local had met Farley Mowat in
this
> area and for some reason, they disliked Farley Mowat because of his
writings. 
>   I have read most of Farleys books regarding this area, (i.e. "People of
the
> Deer" & his arctic trilogy, etc.). I have always found Farley to be very
> compassionate of these people. Is there something that I don't know about
this
> story?  Is there a book that I missed? 
>   Maybe some worldly person out there will broaden my horizons.
> 
> Ken Mannshardt
> San Francisco Bay Area
> BASK
>
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