Trees Are Lonely Company

By Howard O'Hagan

Available for the first time in one volume, Trees Are Lonely Company is a collection of Howard O'Hagan's short stories previously published to critical acclaim in The Woman Who Got on at Jasper Station & Other Stories and Wilderness Men . spanning decades of O'Hagan's experience--as mountain guide, gentleman adventurer and storyteller--this collection of tales include A Mountain Journey , The Man Who Walked Naked Across Montana , Grey Owl , The Warning and The Little Bear That Climbs Trees . The title story, Trees Are Lonely Company , was awarded the President's Medal of the University of Western Ontario in 1959 for best short story of the year. As in his classic novel, Tay John , O'Hagan's characters in these stories are formed by and emerge from the life-force of the landscapes they inhabit--emblematic of a continent emerging into history. This collection serves to commemorate the life's work of one of Canada's most passionately imaginative writers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889223270
• ISBN13: 9780889223271
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"