Pilgrims of the Wild is an autobiographical novel, written and illustrated by the Canadian author Grey Owl, also known as Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888–1938).

The book tells the story of an Indigenous man's transformation from a backcountry trapper into a successful author and conservationist.

Grey Owl promoted the book as part of a four-month lecture tour in England, where he also showed his films about beavers.

With Anahareo's encouragement, Archie starts writing and succeeds in getting an article published in the English magazine Country Life.

The family moves for a time to an English-speaking resort on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, known as Metis Beach, where Archie gives his first lecture.

Having earned some money by lecturing in Metis, they move back to Cabano, but Anahareo soon leaves with their friend, David White Stone, to work his mining claim in northern Quebec.

Archie stays in the area and starts the slow work of writing the book he promised, while also continuing to search for McGinnis and McGinty.