Devil in Deerskins

My Life with Grey Owl

By (author) Anahareo
Afterword by Sophie McCall
Categories: Biography: general, Biography and non-fiction prose, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Indigenous peoples, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic studies, Social groups and identities, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences, Relating to indigenous peoples, Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures, tribes and other groupings of people, Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests, Interest qualifiers, United States of America, USA, North America (USA and Canada), The Americas, Place qualifiers, Relating to Native American people
Series: First Voices, First Texts
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
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Paperback : 9780887557651, 240 pages, April 2014

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Description

Anahareo (1906-1985) was a Mohawk writer, environmentalist, and activist. She was also the wife of Grey Owl, aka 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.

Awards

Winner, Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Award 2015

Reviews

"Devil in Deerskins was first published in 1972, and this new version, which includes forewords by Anahareo's daughters and a lengthy afterword which gives us the historical context for her life, is the first book in a new series called First Voices, First Texts. An auspicious beginning. "
- Patty Osborne

“The new edition is indeed impressive: the quality of the production, including everything from paper stock to design is outstanding. It is a book that simply feels good to hold. ”
- Armand Garnet Ruffo