Mowat, Farley. Never Cry Wolf. 247 pp. McClelland and Stewart (Montréal and Toronto), 1963.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cahiers de géographie du Québec
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0007-9766,1708-8968
DOI: 10.7202/020654ar