| Eyewitness Contributor(s): Thompson, Margaret (Author) |
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ISBN: 0921870744 ISBN-13: 9780921870746 Publisher: Ronsdale Press OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2000 Annotation: A young adult novel that recounts life at the Hudson's Bay post of Fort St. James in the 1820s. Includes the real-life conflict between James Douglas and Chief Kwah of the Carrier people, as seen through the eyes of a young orphan named Peter. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Canada - General - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Canada - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011488592 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 7.74" (0.47 lbs) 190 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - British Columbia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this YA novel, Margaret Thompson offers a powerfully moving and historically accurate account of life in Fort St. James, in northern British Columbia, in the 1820s through the eyes of Peter, a young boy who is orphaned at the Fort. Lonely and unsure of himself, Peter finds himself an "eyewitness" to a murder which threatens to destroy the good relations between the Company and the Carrier people. Through his friendship with the nephew of Chief Kwah of the Carrier, Peter comes to understand and sympathize with the Carrier culture, learning much about tolerance, compromise and acceptance, but also about the difficulties that divided loyalties can bring. Thompson also offers an innovative view of the role of women in the fur trade, painting a fascinating picture of the young James Douglas and his wife Amelia in the confrontation with Chief Kwah. |