A Discovery of Strangers

12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. In mint condition, book and jacket, this Governor General's Award Winner is set in 1820 when John Franklin's first Expedition encountered the Yellowknife Indians, on whom the explorers would depend for their survival in the search for a route through the Arctic. A must read novel for those following the Franklin saga, based on historical journals of young Robert Hood, son of a Lancashire clergyman."Weibe weaves a novel of mesmerizing intensity around their story and around the men and women-the Yellowknife families, British officers and Canadian voyageurs-caught up so strangely and inextricably together, enmeshing us ina world that will swiftly change forever.".