Biography
Anahareo Grey Owl and I: a New Autobiography (Davies, Canada). The story of Grey Owl's Iroquois wife, their fight to save the beaver from extinction and her shock at discovering that her husband was in fact an Englishman. Good insights into the changing life of Canada's natives in the twentieth century. Grey Owl The Men of the Last Frontier; Pilgrims of the Wild; The Adventures of Sajo and Her Beaver People; Tales of an Empty Cabin (all o/p). First published in the 1930s, these books romantically describe life in the wilds of Canada at the time when exploitation was changing the land forever. Grey Owl's love of animals and the wilderness are inspiring and his forward-thinking, ecological views are particularly startling. Richard Gwyn Smallwood: the Unlikely Revolutionary (McClelland & Stewart, Canada). Detailed biography of Joey Smallwood, the Newfoundland premier who pushed his island into Confederation in 1949. Gwyn's exploration of island corruption and incompetence is incisive and intriguing in equal measure. Paul Kane Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America (Dover). Kane, one of Canada's better-known landscape artists, spent two and a half years travelling from Toronto to the Pacific Coast and back in the 1840s. His witty, racy account of his wanderings makes a delightful read. James MacKay Robert Service: Vagabond of Verse (Mainstream, UK). Not the first, but certainly the most substantial biography discussing this prominent Canadian poet's life and work. Peter F. Ostwald Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius (W. W. Norton & Co). A biography by a psychiatrist (100 percent Freud-free) of Canada's most famous musician. The eccentric pianist comes across as a rather inhuman egotist but with a talent to make this sufferable to many of his followers. Constance Rooke Writing Home: a PEN Anthology (McClelland & Stewart). A handful of Canada's leading contemporary authors muse on the idea of home. Though more an insight into the inner workings of writers' minds than Canadian culture, this book's "sampler" style makes it a welcome partner on cross-country journeys.
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