Publication

1999 - Delacorte Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

47,750 words, Guess

Page Count

191 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivewintering00durb
  • ISBN-100385325983
  • ISBN-139780385325981
  • LibraryThing551624
  • Library of Congress Control Number98025546
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.D9323 Wi 1999

Description

Pierre, the 14-year-old hero of "The Broken Blade", spends a winter with the North West Company in French Canada. The canoe-men build a camp beside an Ojibwa village, and Pierre learns the deep-winter survival skills and secrets of the fur traders and trappers, and friendship with an Ojibwa brave opens up a rich new world to Pierre.

Description

In 1801, fourteen-year-old Pierre returns to work for the North West Fur Company and makes the long and difficult journey to a winter camp, where he learns from both the other voyageurs and from the Ojibwa Indians whose land they share.

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  • WinteringDelacorte Press1999-01-01

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