Voyageurs

Voyageurs
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Publisher : Canongate Books
Total Pages : 481
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ISBN-10 : 9781847677587
ISBN-13 : 1847677584
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Book Synopsis Voyageurs by : Margaret Elphinstone

Download or read book Voyageurs written by Margaret Elphinstone and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2009-11-26 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1800s, Rachel Greenhow, a young Quaker, goes missing in the Canadian wilderness. Unable to accept the disappearance, her brother Mark leaves his farm in England, determined to bring his sister home. What follows is a gripping account of Mark's odyssey and his travels with the voyageurs - the men who canoe Canada's fur-trade route. As adventure and discovery propel the plot forward, Elphinstone takes the reader back in time and intertwines the story with enduring themes of love, war and family ties.


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