Bay of Spirits
A Love Story
In 1957, Farley Mowat shipped out aboard one of Newfoundland’s famous coastal steamers, tramping from outport to outport along the southwest coast. The indomitable spirit of the people and the bleak beauty of the landscape would lure him back again and again over the years. In the process of falling in love with a people and a place, Mowat also met the woman who would be the great love of his life.
A stunningly beautiful and talented young artist, Claire Wheeler insouciantly climbed aboard Farley’s beloved but jinxed schooner as it lay on the St. Pierre docks, once again in a cradle for repairs, and changed both their lives forever. This is…
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October 13, 2009
Farley Mowat was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1921, and grew up in Belleville, Trenton, Windsor, Saskatoon, Toronto, and Richmond Hill. He served in World War II from 1940 until 1945, entering the army as a private and emerging with the rank of captain. He began writing for his living in 1949 after spending two years in the Arctic. He was an inveterate traveler with a passion for remote places and peoples. He wrote 25 books, which have been published in translations in over 20 languages in more than 60 countries. They include such internationally known works as People of the Deer, The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, Never Cry Wolf, Westviking, The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float, Sibir, A Whale for the Killing, The Snow Walker, And No Birds Sang, and Virunga:…
The Curse of the Viking Grave
Farley Mowat
Lost in the Barrens
Farley Mowat
Never Cry Wolf
Farley Mowat
Owls in the Family
Farley Mowat
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
Farley Mowat
Sibir
Farley Mowat
Eastern Passage
Farley Mowat
Bay of Spirits
Farley Mowat
Gorillas in the Mist
Farley Mowat
Otherwise
Farley Mowat
The Black Joke
Farley Mowat
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
Farley Mowat