Through these selections, readers gain entry into the unique and fascinating world of Farley Mowat.

In these tales, we meet Mowat's unusual animal companions, especially the goggle-wearing, fence-walking Mutt, whose antics seem born of an overriding belief that he was never simply a dog; we accompany fifteen-year-old Mowat on the first of his many trips to the Arctic, where he finds himself looking into the eyes of a mother polar bear with two cubs; and we share in Mowat's misadventures at sea in his continuing quest to fulfill his father's dream of having a salt-water sailor for a son.

Through it all, these anecdotes reveal how the extraordinary experiences of Mowat's own life became fodder for the books that have captivated readers the world over.