Devil in deerskins : my life with Grey Owl / Anahareo ; edited and with an afterword by Sophie McCall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anahareo, 1906-1986, author.

Contributor:

Schimmel, Caroline F., associated name, donor.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

First voices, first texts ; 1.

First voices, first texts ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grey Owl, 1888-1938.

Grey Owl.

Anahareo, 1906-1986.

Anahareo.

Indians of North America--Canada--Biography.

Indians of North America.

Conservationists--Canada--Biography.

Conservationists.

Canada.

Genre:

autobiographies (literary works)

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7736)

Physical Description:

xii, 210 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, [2014]

Summary:

"Anahareo was a Mohawk writer, environmentalist, and activist. She was also the wife of Grey Owl, a.k.a. Archie Belaney, the internationally celebrated writer and speaker who claimed to be of Scottish and Apache descent, but whose true ancestry as a white Englishman only became known after his death. Devil in Deerskins is Anahareo's autobiography up to and including her marriage to Grey Owl. In vivid prose she captures their extensive travels through the bush and their work towards environmental and wildlife protection. Here we see the daily life of an extraordinary Mohaw woman whose independence, intellect, and moral conviction had direct influence on Grey Owl's conversion from trapper to conservationist. Though first published in 1972, Devil in Deerskins's observations on indigeneity, culture, and land speak directly to contemporary audiences."--back cover. "Devil in Deerskins is the first book in the First Voices, First Text series, which publishes lost or underappreciated works by Indigenous artists. This new edition includes a critical introduction by Sophie McCall and reintroduces readers to a very important but largely forgotten text by one of Canada's most colorful and talented Aboriginal writers."--cover flap.

Contents:

Includes new forewords and an afterword entitled: Reframing Anahareo's Devil in deerskins : my life with Grey Owl / by Sophie McCall.

Notes:

Originally published by New Press, 1972.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212).

Local Notes:

Schimmel 7736: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Other Format:

Anahareo, 1906-1985. Devil in deerskins.

ISBN:

9780887557651

0887557651

0887554555

9780887554551

0887554563

9780887554568

OCLC:

868383451