Author Description

More than sixty years after his death, the story of Grey Owl continues to fascinate. Born Archibald Belaney (1888) in Hastings, he died aged 49 in Saskatchewan as the world-famous North American Indian, Grey Owl. He was a hugely successful impostor. He had audiences with King George VI; his books sold tens of thousands of copies in every major language; his first lecture tour of Britain last four months and drew over 500,000 attendees. This book is a testament to the trapper-turned-conservationist, Englishman-gone-native.