The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People

The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People is a 1935 children's adventure novel, written and illustrated by Canadian author Grey Owl. It was based on real-life events. The novel became a bestseller, and contributed to drawing half a million people to Grey Owl's lectures in the late 1930s.[1] Within five years of its publication, it was translated into many European languages, including Polish and Russian.[2][3]

The Adventures of Sajo and her Beaver People
First edition
AuthorGrey Owl
IllustratorGrey Owl
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
GenreAdventures
Western novel
PublisherLovat Dickson & Thompson
Publication date
1935
Media typePrint
Pages256

Plot

Sajo, a young Ojibwe Indian girl, and her older brother adopt two young beavers, Chilawee and Chikanee, and try to save them from fur traders.

Notes

  1. Loo, Tina (2006). States of Nature: Conserving Canada's Wildlife in the Twentieth Century. Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 112. ISBN 9780774812894. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
  2. Edwards, Gail (2010). Picturing Canada: A History of Canadian Children's Illustrated Books and Publishing. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 48. ISBN 0802085407. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
  3. "Translations of Sajo and her Beaver People". Index Translationum. UNESCO. Retrieved 2014-07-22.


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