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2 | [[caption-width-right:191:The cover for the 1986 edition]] |
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4 | ->''"This true story should become an instant classic. And you should give it to everyone you think of."'' |
5 | -->--'''St. Louis Post-Dispatch''' blurb on the front cover of an early edition |
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7 | "In the Shadow of A Rainbow: The True Story of a Friendship Between Man and Wolf" by RobertFranklinLeslie is a book originally published in 1974, but the story itself takes place in the mid-1960s. It tells the story of a man, Gregory Tah-Kloma, who encountered a notorious wolf-pack leader named Náhani and developed a friendship with her, in the wild country of Kitiwanga, in north-central British Columbia near the Skeena river. Greg follows the wolves in a quest to discover the truth about Náhani, who has a huge bounty on her head, all while trying to outwit the malicious Trapper-Dan, who has placed the wolf in his sights for allegedly destroying his traplines. |
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9 | The author was friends with the protagonist, and there is an author's note in the book documenting Gregory Tah-Kloma gave permission to tell this story in a book, lending his notes and diary as well to aid the author. |
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11 | !!Tropes present in this work: |
12 | * AxCrazy: The female wolf in Náhani's pack that had gotten a foot caught in a loose trap was driven mad by the pain even after Greg got the trap off. [[spoiler: Náhani ended up having to kill her to save Greg's life]]. It didn't help that this female was in pseudo-oestrus. |
13 | %%* BadassNative: Gregory Tah-Kloma |
14 | * BasedOnATrueStory: Some of the names have been changed and some events regarding human characters have been slightly altered, but the interactions Greg had with the wolf pack are intact and unchanged. |
15 | * BlatantLies: Trapper-Dan claimed that Náhani's pack destroyed all the pelts in one community, but an old woman named Moiso unwittingly reveals this to be a lie. |
16 | * CaptainAhabSyndrome: Trapper-Dan Tall-Totem has this when it comes to Náhani. |
17 | %%* DirtyCoward: Eugene Charley |
18 | * FrameUp: Trapper-Dan tries to convince people that Greg was the cause of Eugene Charley's [[spoiler:death]]. |
19 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Trapper-Dan [[spoiler:dies of rabies after being bitten by a wolf that he thought was Náhani]]. |
20 | * MeaningfulName: Náhani means "One who shines". |
21 | * NatureHero: Greg Tah-Kloma turns into this for a while as he treks in search of Náhani and her pack. |
22 | %%* NobleWolf |
23 | * PriceOnTheirHead: Náhani especially, as the bounty on her head reaches $1,000 dollars, and one character estimates it could get as high as $1,500 dollars, which was a lot of money in the 1960s. |
24 | * PronouncingMyNameForYou: Eugene Charley insists that Náhani's name is pronounced NAY-ha-nee, not nay-HA-nee - Greg's first attempt at pronouncing it. |
25 | * ScarilyCompetentTracker: Trapper-Dan. |
26 | * StealthInsult: The bush pilot that brought the two hunters to Greg's Denetiah Lake camp calls the hunters "Cheechakos" which is a Chinookian pejorative meaning greenhorn, tenderfoot, or worse. The hunters are apparently clueless to this. |
27 | * SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Two hunters find Greg and see Náhani with him, [[spoiler:but Greg convinces them not to pursue her, since it was clear the wolf wasn't a danger to Greg at least, and was easily justified by the fact that Trapper-Dan believed that the wolf that had attacked him and that his companion had killed was Náhani]]. |
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