Valley of a Thousand Smokes: A North-Western Story (Five Star First Edition Western Series) - Hardcover

Cushman, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786206632 ISBN 13: 9780786206636

Publisher: Five Star, 1996

Synopsis

WesternTaking advantage of his dual Canadian and American citizenship, Tom Flynn joins the Mounties in investigating the brutal death of a boy from the mission school at Assumption very likely an attack by Black Jack Survays vicious wolf dog. Flynn strikes out to hunt Survay down on a perilous trail. Relentless in his search facing down brigades of fur trappers, angry Cree Indians, and a treacherous winter blizzard hell either get some answers or die trying . . .*First Edition Western

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Tom Flynn has an amazing enough life without the need to embellish, but it is embellishment that gets him in doors and into trouble in this rollicking western by veteran writer Cushman (In Alaska with Shipwreck Kelly, 1996). A white lie helps him secure a position as a sergeant with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a job he may or may not live to regret. His investigation of the murder of a boy at an Indian mission leads him into a potentially deadly conflict with Pere Brissaud, who rules over the valley of the title like a feudal lord, and involves him in the intrigues surrounding Louis Riel's mixed-blood rebellions and their aftereffects. The action never lets up as Flynn must find the boy's killer and possibly halt a revolt against the Canadian government. Cushman displays a well-honed ear for dialogue and a sense of place enlivened by much actual history and period detail. Neither fans nor new readers of Cushman's fiction will be disappointed.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

Tom Flynn, taking advantage of his joint Canadian and American citizenship, joins the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Investigating the brutal death of a boy at a mission school and hospital in Assumption, Sergeant Flynn encounters the mysterious Marie Brissaud and comes to suspect that the youth's death was caused by Mach de fer, a vicious wolf dog belonging to Black Jack Survay. Flynn goes on the hunt for Survay. Valley Of The Thousand Smokes is an exciting western adventure involving French-Canadians, Cree Indians, dogsleds and blizzard survival. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Five Star
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0786206632
• ISBN 13: 9780786206636
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240