Seagrave felt kinship to, and learned from, both Natives and Inuit, spending twenty years working hard as an HBC factor and experiencing many adventures along the way. In the end, the local people helped Seagrave find peace with who he was.
Seagrave initially longed to be a respected Ogemah or ?Factor,? but the Inuit recognized him as a descendent of the Sag-Li-Oonaat or ?Great Liars? - their term for the Irish whalers who had come to their shores, taught them European dances, and regaled them with fantastic stories of their green island.
After retiring from the HBC to Yellowknife, Seagrave decided to write down his tales of northern adventure. It was time to record what he witnessed as the fur trade collapsed, as electricity and television found their way into the remotest of communities, and as a revolution in transportation was occurring. Seagrave describes this short period of intense change with humour, compassion, and insight.
"Seagrave has given us a northern version of The Canterbury Tales, chronicling a wonderful range of people ? observed in a clear-eyed, humourous, and unfailingly compassionate way."
-- Dan Yashinsky, founder of The Toronto Festival of Storytelling and co-founder of the Storytellers School of Toronto
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