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Sheila Philip Cochrane Burnford née Every (11 May 1918 – 20 April 1984) was a Scottish writer. She is best known for her novel The Incredible Journey about two dogs and a cat traveling through the Canadian wilderness.
The Incredible Journey (1961), by Scottish author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder & Stoughton, which tells the story of three pets as they travel 300 miles (480 km) through the Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved masters.
Apr 15, 2019 · 152 pages 21 cm. A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family. Access-restricted-item. true.
The Scottish-born Canadian author Sheila Burnford wrote books of fiction and nonfiction for both children and adults. Her most famous work was the children’s classic The Incredible Journey.
Sheila Burnford wrote several books for adults about her experiences of living in Canada, travelling by dog-sled and watching narwhals (these are unusual sea mammals which look little bit like dolphins, except they have a long thin tusk in the centre of their heads, like a unicorn’s horn!).
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Burnford is best remembered for The Incredible Journey, a story about three animals traveling in the wilderness (1961), the first of a number of books she wrote on Canadian topics. The book was a modest success in 1961 but became a bestseller after it formed the basis of a successful Disney film.
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Burnford, Sheila (1918–1984) Scottish-born children's writer. Born Sheila Philip Cochrane Every, May 11, 1918, in Scotland: died of cancer, April 20, 1984, in Bucklers Hard, Hampshire, England; dau. of Wilfred George Cochrane Every and Ida Philip (Macmillan) Every; privately educated in England, France, and Germany; m.
