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George Randall Parrish (June 10, 1858 – August 9, 1923) was an American lawyer, journalist, and writer - in particular, author of dime novels, including Wolves of the Sea (Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur").
The Sea Wolves is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. The film, which is based on the 1978 book Boarding Party by James Leasor , is the true story of Operation Creek during the Second World War .
The Vancouver Coastal sea wolf, also known as the Vancouver Island wolf, coastal wolf or sea wolf (Canis lupus crassodon) [2] is a subspecies of northwestern wolf, endemic to the coast of the Pacific Northwest. [3] They are a unique subspecies of wolf due to their semi-aquatic lifestyle, which includes a diet that is almost entirely marine-based.
The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London. The book's protagonist , Humphrey Van Weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him.
Mowat's next book, the children's book Lost in the Barrens (1956), won a Governor General's Award. [2] [27] In 1963, Mowat wrote a possibly fictionalised account of his experiences in the Canadian Arctic with Arctic wolves entitled Never Cry Wolf (1963). [4] In 1985, Mowat started a book tour of the United States to promote Sea of Slaughter.
Simultaneously strong, generous and humble, the Sea-Wolf was said to bring great luck and wealth to anyone fortunate enough to spy it, or hear its soulful howl. [ 2 ] According to artist Herem, Gonakadet myth is found among the Tsimshian , Tlingit and Haida peoples of British Columbia and Alaska and concerns the story of a sea-monster who is a ...
They are sometimes called "wolves of the sea", because they hunt in groups like wolf packs. [61] Orcas hunt varied prey including fish, cephalopods , mammals, seabirds , and sea turtles . [ 62 ] Different populations or ecotypes may specialize, and some can have a dramatic impact on prey species. [ 63 ]
The Sea Wolves, a 1980 British film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven; Sea Wolves, a 1991 Hong Kong film, an instalment of the film series In the Line of Duty; The Sea Wolf, a TV film directed by Michael Anderson, starring Charles Bronson; The Sea Wolf, starring Stacy Keach