WRITER

Farley Mowat

1921 - 2014

Farley Mowat

Farley McGill Mowat, (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014) was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian north, such as People of the Deer (1952) and Never Cry Wolf (1963). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farley Mowat has received more than 714,562 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Farley Mowat is the 5,974th most popular writer (down from 5,230th in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from Canada (down from 461st in 2019) and the 36th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

710k
Page Views (PV)
44.08
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
23
Languages Editions (L)
2.00
Effective Languages (L*)
3.94
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A Whale for the Killing

Christian, Farley Mowat, Whales

***In the 1960s, Farley Mowat was living in the tiny fishing community of Burgeo on the southwest coast of Newfoundland. When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, Mowat rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation.*** Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking open her back with a motorboat propeller. Mowat appealed desperately to the authorities, but it was too late-ravaged by an infection resulting from her massive wounds, the whale died. ***A plea for the end of commercial hunting of the whale, this moving account blends all the tension of the life-and-death struggle for one animal's survival*** with the drama of man's wanton destruction of life-bearing creatures and the environment itself.***--WorldCat***

1972

Lost in the Barrens

Juvenile fiction, Friendship, Wilderness survival

1956

People of the Deer

Eskimos, Caribou Eskimos, Inuit

1952

Grey Seas Under

Foundation Franklin (Salvage vessel), Salvage, Foundation Franklin (Salvage ship)

The hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage tug that saved hundreds of lives during two decades of service in the North Atlantic.

1958

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be

Dogs, Juvenile fiction, Fiction

1940

Never cry wolf

Animal behavior, Behavior, Gray wolf

Biologist Farley Mowat was dropped into Eskimo lands by the Canadian Government, that was looking for an excuse to eradicate wolves. What he discovered instead was astonishing. The Eskimos were listening to wolves from five miles away, messages from the Canis lupus telegraph system. One example was the instance that two men and a woman were going to arrive in three days. All these communications were veridicated! Their social structure was self-aware and intelligent. They were NOT eating up all the caribou, as the Government wanted to project, but cleaning up mice in plague proportions. Yum. His scientific reportage was meanwhile hilariously funny, and the book is magnificent.

1963

Page views of Farley Mowats by language

Over the past year Farley Mowat has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 80,741 views, followed by Russian (4,889), and French (2,662). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Scots (100.99%), Southern Azerbaijani (63.16%), and Welsh (46.58%)