On the Trail
Pages from the Writings of Grey Owl

This volume offers a variety of stories and impressions of life in the Canadian wilderness.

E. E. Reynolds (Edited by), Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (Author)

9781107600157, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 June 2011

130 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.8 cm, 0.15 kg

First published in 1940, On the Trail contains a selection of the writings of Grey Owl (born Archibald Stansfeld Belaney). Intended for young readers, the volume was edited by E. E. Reynolds and illustrated by Stuart Tresilian. It offers a variety of stories and impressions of life in the Canadian wilderness taken from two of Grey Owl's books, Tales of an Empty Cabin and Men of the Last Frontier. The selections are arranged thematically into five chapters, and a glossary of terms used in the text is included at the end.

Who was Grey Owl?
1. The river trail
2. The winter trail
3. Risks of the trail
4. Bears
5. Moose
Glossary.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]