William Hamilton Canaway (1925 – 22 May 1988) was the author of novels that combined adventure with natural history and a love of the outdoors. He was born in 1925 in

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, Cheshire, England, UK, and died on 22 May 1988 (age 62) in Derbyshire, England, UK. Canaway's 1961 novel ''Sammy Going South'' was made into an adventure

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in 1963. As Bill Canaway, he co-wrote the

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for the 1965

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's ''

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''.

Novels

*
A Creel of Willow
' (1957) *''A Snowdon Stream (The Gwyrfai)'' (1958) *''The Ring-Givers'' (1958) *''The Seal'' (1959) *''Sammy Going South'' (1961) *''Find the Boy: 2'' (1961) *''The Hunter and the Horns'' (1962) *''My feet upon a rock'' (1963) *''Crows in a Green Tree'' (1965) *'' The Grey Seas of Jutland'' (1966) *''The Mules of Borgo San Marco'' (1967) *''A Moral Obligation'' (1969) *''A Declaration of Independence'' (1971) *''Harry Doing Good'' (1973) *''The Glory of the Seas'' (1974) *''Seal'' (1975) *''The Willow-Pattern War'' (1976) *''The Trouble Trip'' (1976) *''The Solid Gold Buddha'' (1979) *''The Helmet and the Cross'' (1987)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Canaway, William 1925 births 1988 deaths English writers People from Altrincham English male screenwriters 20th-century English screenwriters 20th-century English male writers