Author: Grace Lee Nute
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Keywords: voyageur
Number of Pages: 301
Published: 1987-03-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0873512138
ISBN-13: 9780873512138

Author: James Reaney
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Keywords: classics, voyageur, donnellys
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2008-05-12
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 1550028324
ISBN-13: 9781550028324

Based on the true story of an Irish family with seven sons and one daughter immigrating to Biddulph Township near London, Ontario, in 1844, The Donnellys tells the tale of mystery and truths stranger than fiction. It is the story of a secret society and a massacre that shocked the Canadian public, a story overlooked by the artistic community until Reaney’s play elevated the events to the level of legend. First published in 1975, this script takes its place among other true Canadian classics on university and college course listings and in the hearts of drama lovers everywhere. The Donnel

Authors:Lucy Maud Montgomery,  Collett Tracey,
Publisher: Dundurn Pre
Keywords: classics, voyageur, castle, blue
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-01-01
List price: $19.00
ISBN-10: 1550026666
ISBN-13: 9781550026665

Valancy lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. Then a shocking diagnosis from Dr. Trent prompts her to make a fresh start. For the first time, she does and says exactly what she feels. As she expands her limited horizons, Valancy undergoes a transformation, discovering a new world of love and happiness. One of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s only novels intended for an adult audience, The Blue Castle is filled with humour and romance.

Author: Carolyn Podruchny
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Keywords: france, trade, overseas, studies, empire, fur, american, world, voyageur, travelers, traders, north, making
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2006-12-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0803287909
ISBN-13: 9780803287907

French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. Scholars and public historians alike have cast them in the romantic role of rugged and merry heroes who paved the way for European civilization in the wild Northwest. Carolyn Podruchny looks beyond the stereotypes and reveals the contours of voyageurs’ lives, world views, and values. Making the Voyageur World shows that the voyageurs created distinct identities shaped by their French-Canadian peasant roots, the Aborigi