![]() ![]() ![]() George herself successfully communicated with a female wolf. She allegedly witnessed a man bite the wolf on the top of its nose and communicate with it in soft whimpers, and "the incident stayed with George". Īt the Barrow Arctic Research Lab, George observed scientists who were studying wolves and attempting to break their communication code. ![]() As they flew into the Barrow airport, she and her son spotted a young Inuk girl on the tundra, whom her son said "looked awfully little to be out there by herself". In 1971, Jean Craighead George and her son Luke went on a trip to Barrow, Alaska, to do research on wolves for an article for Reader's Digest. George wrote two sequels that were originally illustrated by Wendell Minor: Julie (1994), which starts 10 minutes after the first book ends, and Julie's Wolf Pack (1997), which is told from the viewpoint of the wolves. Set on the Alaska North Slope, it features a young Inuk girl experiencing the changes forced upon her culture from outside. Julie of the Wolves is a children's novel by Jean Craighead George, published by Harper in 1972 with illustrations by John Schoenherr. ![]()
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Drowning in on-going visa dramas and the uncertainty of living in a country where I’m not a permanent resident has – it’s safe to say – had something of a dire effect on my inclination for books. ![]() ![]() Thus far, 2022 has not been a great year for reading. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel moves forward, while conversely it slips back into the lingering puzzles of childhood-with extraordinary and enviable storytelling skill. This sounds like a tangled, complicated story, but Enright’s writing is smooth and lyrical. It is also the story of marriage and children-the people we choose to live our lives with and the ones we don’t-the choices we make and decisions (or circumstances) made for us. It is time to call an end to romance and just say what happened in Ada’s house, the year that I was eight and Liam was barely nine. It is time to put an end to the shifting stories and the waking dreams. ![]() I know, as I write about these three things: the jacket, the stones, and my brother’s nakedness underneath his clothes, that they require me to deal in facts. At its heart is the story of a sister and her brother, their intense attachment within the milieu of a big Irish, multi-generational family. The Gathering by Anne Enright is a provocative family saga that delves into questions of secrets, memory and truth. ![]() ![]() All I have are stories, night thoughts, the sudden convictions that uncertainty spawns. I do not know the truth, or I do not know how to tell the truth. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If this were not influence enough, the word “knickerbocker ” - a denizen of New York City - also springs from Irving’s pen. His literary output has long been a part of the American vernacular, yet the actual source of these writings - the author himself - has basically fallen into obscurity. Largely forgotten today, Washington Irving has an odd historical legacy. Likewise is the famously tall and gaunt Ichabod Crane (“one might have mistaken him for … some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield”), scared out of his wits in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by the terrifying, blood-curdling sight of the Headless Horseman.Īs rooted in folklore as “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are, they are not, in fact, popular legends and myths that sprang up during the early years of the United States - they are works of fiction penned by Washington Irving. ![]() The tale of Rip Van Winkle, the man who famously fell asleep for years and years and awoke to a changed, unfamiliar world, is about as familiar as it gets when it comes to American folklore. The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane (1858) by John Quidor | Google Art Project Largely forgotten today, Washington Irving has an odd historical legacy that dips deep into the families and lands of Westchester County. ![]() |