"Five Fast Farley Facts"

• The English sheepdog in Lynn Johnston's syndicated comic strip "For Better or Worse" is named after Farley.
 

• Many of Farley's books have been translated into 26 languages.
 

• He was a great grand-nephew of Ontario premier Sir Oliver Mowat and his father Angus fought in World War I at Vimy Ridge.
 

• A public school in Ottawa is named after him.
 

• In 1977 he won the Curran Award for his contributions to understanding wolves, a product of his best-known work "Never Cry Wolf".

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