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Item Details
| Title:
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EYEWITNESS
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| By: |
Margaret Thompson |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£10.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0921870744 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780921870746 |
| Publisher: |
RONSDALE PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2000 |
| Pages: |
190 |
| Synopsis: |
For ages 12+. Thompson offers a powerfully moving and historically accurate account of life in Fort St James, in northern British Columbia, in the 1820s. Through the character of Peter, a young boy who is orphaned at the Fort, Thompson presents a vivid picture of the difficult life for both the fur traders and the Natives in what was then called the 'Siberia' of the fur trade. 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 sympathise 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. |
| US Grade: |
From Third Grade to Ninth Grade |
| Illustrations: |
colour illus |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
Ronsdale Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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