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‘Listen to the Wolves’: Local writer draws on family, personal experiences in Canadian bushland

The author of “Listen to the Wolves,” Woodstock resident Steve Aavang, is pictured in an old family photograph getting a piggyback ride from his uncle Johnny Naylor, the subject of Aavang’s book. Naylor, an avid outdoorsman, was a bush pilot in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada. (Courtesy photo)

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when a passion for the wilderness, a lifetime devoted to the study of anthropological history, and an interesting family lineage intersect, a novel […]

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