Like Mowat, muses the Canadian, therefore Mowat is.
"Never Cry Wolf" was made into a Disney movie.
Another source puts it at 24 languages - at any rate, one of Publisher Key Porter, his 36 books have sold over 14 million copies inĥ2 languages. Pay attention anyway - Mowat's credibility as a Yank-basher stems almostĮntirely from the fact that he is successful in the States. Mowat excels at this, and thus is much beloved.Ĭonversely - and this is crucial to understanding the Canadian psyche, but North-Americanness, Canadians turn in desperation to persistent And the case against our distinct ethnic nationhood? Shaniaįaced with the disconcerting evidence of our indistinguishable Vestiges of Peter Jennings' accent - these are the paltry exhibits for theĭefense. Kick-ass beer, eh, a few idiosyncratic pronunciations, the faint Possible." Hockey, curling, government health care, gun control, "As American as apple pie" produced the suggestion "As Canadian as Recent contest to come up with a northern equivalent of the phrase To an extent Americans would never understand, a large part of theĬanadian identity involves arguing about whether or not we have one. As a world threat, Canadian jingoism ranks right up there with Tibetan soccer hooliganism.) Web site called Canadian World Domination HQ. No surprise then that Mowat is prominently featured at a Strategic Air Command planes flying over his home in
You can hardly blame them - Mowat once claimed to have fired Undesirables and was subsequently refused entry into the States for a That's the book Mowat wrote after he was included on a U.S. Hardly more than house slaves of the American empire," he wrote in theġ985 book "My Discovery of America." "Of course, we are better off than Treasure just for the frequent kicks he delivers to the American shinĪnd the official enmity he has earned in return. Farley Mowat would be considered a Canadian national Rivalry - the Frank Stallone of the Western world - a little resentment is
In a country that is definitely on the short end of a sibling But even aside from hisĬelebrations of terrible northern grandeur, Mowat has two otherĪttributes crucial to any quintessentially Canadian celebrity. Others - tell stories of the wilderness, the animals and the people of a Mowat's books - "People of the Deer" (1952), "NeverĬry Wolf" (1963) and "A Whale for the Killing" (1972), among many That's why X went to a speech therapist.įarley Mowat is different, and is a northern national icon. A truly Canadian celebrity is one who elicits the reaction, "I didn't know X was Canadian." Right. In fact, their fame is usually the result of having shed that confining distinction. Typically, though, there's nothing intrinsically Canadian about them. Must, but make no mistake - the Great White North does have its heroes. France has Napoleon, America has John Wayne, Canada has a way of making you stop reading mid-sentence.
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