Nine Bells for a Man; a novel - Softcover

Unwin, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889242941 ISBN 13: 9780889242944

Publisher: Dundurn Press, 2000

Synopsis

Young Robert Pachal crosses Canada by train with his brotherinlaw’s coffin, bearing witness to a way of life that will never be seen again. When he arrives in Barry’s Bay, he unwittingly sets in motion one of the final and most tragic events in pioneer Canada.

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From the Inside Flap

When John Herman Brown, a drayman, dies a mysterious and lonely death on the prairie, his brother-in-law, Robert Pachal, agrees to accompany the corpse east for burial. Travelling by train from the Saskatchewan prairie to the timberfields of east Ontario, a young Pachal crosses his country for the first time and bears witness to a way of life that will never be seen again. Coffin in tow, he arrives, exhausted, in Barry's Bay, and unwittingly sets in motion one of the final and most tragic events of pioneer Canada.

Lyrical, elegant, and informed by an intimate regard for the north, Peter Unwin's first novel, Nine Bells for a Man, draws from archival and oral sources to tell the true story of a world that disappeared forever beneath the surface of a cold Ontario lake on November, 12, 1912.

About the Author

Born in Sheffield, England, Peter Unwin emigrated to Canada as a child. His essays, poems, and stories have appeared in The Queen's Quarterly, The Toronto Star, Borealis, The Canadian Forum, The Beaver and many other publications. His examintion of Grey Owl has been nominated for a National Magazine Award, and his first book, The Rock Farmers (1994), a collection of short stories, received a nomination for the Stephen Leacock Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0889242941
• ISBN 13: 9780889242944
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240