Pilgrims of the Wild

Pilgrims of the Wild is an autobiographical novel, written and illustrated by the Canadian author Grey Owl, also known as Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888–1938). It was published in late 1934 by Macmillan of Canada and then in early 1935 by Lovat Dickson & Thompson Limited in Great Britain. In the United States Charles Scribner’s Sons also brought out its own edition in 1935. The book tells the story of an Indigenous man's transformation from a backcountry trapper into a successful author and conservationist.