Natural history -- Outdoor books, Natural History -- Canada, Natural History, Travel, Canada -- Canadian Northwest, Grey Owl -- 1888-1938, Canadian Northwest -- Description and travel 

"Many readers have come to regard Tales of an Empty Cabin as Grey Owl's greatest book. It tells the epic story of the vast North Land, of the men - both Indians and whites - who have given it its history, of the animals that live there, and of the trees and rivers which are its sentinels and highways.

The ghostly firelight in the empty cabin brings back to Grey Owl's mind "some half-forgotten story or an incident or thought, and by them there nearly always hung a tale". There are stories of the struggle and endurance of the Indians, and of the beavers and wolves, and of the huge bull moose who became a frequent visitor to Grey Owl's camp. Grey Owl's masterful tales of the Canadian wilderness have won the admiration of readers in many countries all over the world, and the increasing awareness of the dangers to our natural environment has created a new generation of readers for these unique and powerful stories."--Back cover.