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S'està carregant… River of Porcupines (2018)de G. K. Aalborg
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"Fur trade employee Garth Cameron is charged with taking Ilona Baptiste--a lovely and much-desired Métis maiden who could become the catalyst for a bloody trade war between his own North-West Company and the more powerful Hudson's Bay Company--to a place of safety down-river from the Rocky Mountain House trading post. The journey is barely begun when the girl is shot, apparently by enemy Cree, then somehow rescued by the brutal H.B.C. woods boss Louis Savard, who has claimed her. Garth is accused of having abandoned her. Savard falls out with is own people and flees, taking Ilona with him and leading Garth on a pursuit through hostile, trackless wilderness, north along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Ilona must face the perils of Savard and his half-breed henchmen, Indian attacks, capture and escape and recapture, and, when Garth and Savard meet in battle near the mighty falls of the Kakwa (Porcupine) River, her worst of all possible fates seems assured before she manages her own escape and--eventually--Garth's rescue from near death. Believing Savard to be dead, they make their return to Rocky Mountain House, only to find their feelings for each other tainted by Ilona's unplanned pregnancy and unexpected complications. When Savard returns as if from the dead, heading an Indian uprising that threatens Rocky Mountain House, it falls to Garth Cameron to fight and finally conquer the evil menace that has threatened both their lives for so long"-- No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999ValoracióMitjana:
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Touching on the rivalry between the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North-West Company of fur traders, we follow the adventures of Garth Cameron, a young fur trapper who works for David Thompson of the North-West Company. He is charged with guiding a young metis woman to safety when it becomes apparent that the brutal Hudson Bay trapper, Louis Savard has his eyes on her. The story then swings back and forth with the young woman, Ilona, at times with Garth and at others in Louis Savard’s hands. To keep things exciting, the book also throws in confrontations with both Blackfoot and Cree Indians.
From their base at Rocky Mountain House in Alberta, the story takes us along the Athabasca River and into lands that would someday become Jasper National Park as the men pursue each other in a desperate attempt to claim Ilona. I did enjoy the fact that Ilona did not play the part of the victim, she proved to be resourceful at both survival in the wilderness and in keeping these men from overtaking her life. ( )