Voyageurs: A NovelCanongate, 2003 - 466 էջ Historisk roman. Under grænsekrigene 1812 forsvinder en engelsk kvækermissionær i den canadiske vildmark. Hendes bror drager med pelshandlerne, les voyageurs, ud på en lang rejse for om muligt at finde hende |
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... knew she wouldn't be much use at first . The Indian women know all that's necessary , and she knew nothing at all . But I thought learning might bring her back to herself a little . ' It was a risk , but sometimes I thought it would ...
... knew she wouldn't be much use at first . The Indian women know all that's necessary , and she knew nothing at all . But I thought learning might bring her back to herself a little . ' It was a risk , but sometimes I thought it would ...
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... knew it by heart , but he had a compass and pocket sundial together in a little wooden box.1 We laid everything out on the baked earth outside the house , and checked through it . It seemed a great deal to fit into one canoe , with ...
... knew it by heart , but he had a compass and pocket sundial together in a little wooden box.1 We laid everything out on the baked earth outside the house , and checked through it . It seemed a great deal to fit into one canoe , with ...
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... knew the young chief wasn't like his father . He knew the rents from the land were being used to pay debts far off in England , but he couldn't know until it happened to him he had no way of knowing - that the bonds of kin , and of ...
... knew the young chief wasn't like his father . He knew the rents from the land were being used to pay debts far off in England , but he couldn't know until it happened to him he had no way of knowing - that the bonds of kin , and of ...
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Alan American asked bear began brother called Canada canoe clear Clemency close Company dark door dream eyes face father feet felt fire followed forest Friends gave gone half hand happened head hear heard heart hills Indians island Judith knew lake land learned leave letter light live Loic looked Mackenzie Mackinac Mark means Meeting Michigan mind Month Montreal mother moved naught never night North once paddle passed peace perhaps Quaker Rachel remember river round seemed seen shore silence sister sometimes South speak spoke stayed stood story talk tell thee There's thing thought told took trade trees turned understand village voyageurs Waase'aaban wait walked watched West winter wish woman Yonge Street young