I Heard the Owl Call My Name

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**I Heard the Owl Call My Name**
Author	Margaret Craven
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher
Released	1967

I Heard the Owl Call My Name is a 1967 novel by American author Margaret Craven.

The book told the story of a young Anglican vicar named Mark Brian with not long to live, who learns about the meaning of life when he is sent to a First Nations parish in British Columbia. First published in Canada in 1967, it was not until 1973 when the book was picked up by an American publisher. Released to wide acclaim, it reached No.1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In the year of its American release, the book was adapted to the screen by Gerald Di Pego as a CBS television movie of the same title.

[edit] Plot introduction

I Heard the Owl Call My Name is the story of Mark Brian, who is sent to the Village of Kingcome. There, he acts as a priest to many of the local villages. However, he also has a disease which will give him only several years to live. While Mark ultimately dies at the end, he learns a great deal about potlatch tradition and how different their world is from his own.^[1]