The Resource The orenda, Joseph Boyden
The orenda, Joseph Boyden
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- Summary
- History reveals itself when, in the seventeenth century, a Jesuit missionary ventures into the Canadian wilderness in search of converts-the defining moment of first contact between radically different worlds. What unfolds over the next several years is truly epic, constantly illuminating and surprising, sometimes comic, always entrancing and ultimately all too human in its tragic grandeur. Christophe has been in the New World only a year when his native guides abandon him to flee their Iroquois pursuers. A Huron warrior and elder named Bird soon takes him prisoner, along with a young Iroquois girl, Snow Falls, whose family he has just killed, and holds them captive in his massive village. Champlain's Iron People have only recently begun trading with the Huron, who mistrust them as well as this Crow who has now trespassed onto their land; and her people, of course, have become the Huron's greatest enemy. Putting both to death would resolve the issue, but Bird sees Christophe as a potential envoy to those in New France, and Snow Falls as a replacement for his two daughters who were murdered by the Iroquois. The relationships between these three are reshaped again and again as life comes at them relentlessly: a dangerous trading mission, friendly exchanges with allied tribes, shocking victories and defeats in battle, and sicknesses the likes of which no one has ever witnessed
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First United States editon.
- Extent
- 433 pages
- Note
-
- A novel
- "Originally published in Canada by Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Canada Books."--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780385350730
- Label
- The orenda
- Title
- The orenda
- Statement of responsibility
- Joseph Boyden
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- History reveals itself when, in the seventeenth century, a Jesuit missionary ventures into the Canadian wilderness in search of converts-the defining moment of first contact between radically different worlds. What unfolds over the next several years is truly epic, constantly illuminating and surprising, sometimes comic, always entrancing and ultimately all too human in its tragic grandeur. Christophe has been in the New World only a year when his native guides abandon him to flee their Iroquois pursuers. A Huron warrior and elder named Bird soon takes him prisoner, along with a young Iroquois girl, Snow Falls, whose family he has just killed, and holds them captive in his massive village. Champlain's Iron People have only recently begun trading with the Huron, who mistrust them as well as this Crow who has now trespassed onto their land; and her people, of course, have become the Huron's greatest enemy. Putting both to death would resolve the issue, but Bird sees Christophe as a potential envoy to those in New France, and Snow Falls as a replacement for his two daughters who were murdered by the Iroquois. The relationships between these three are reshaped again and again as life comes at them relentlessly: a dangerous trading mission, friendly exchanges with allied tribes, shocking victories and defeats in battle, and sicknesses the likes of which no one has ever witnessed
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Boyden, Joseph
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Jesuits
- Iroquois Indians
- Wyandot Indians
- Indians
- Whites
- Canada
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The orenda, Joseph Boyden
- Note
-
- A novel
- "Originally published in Canada by Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Canada Books."--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 37012174
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First United States editon.
- Extent
- 433 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780385350730
- Media category
- unmediated
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 37012174
- (Sirsi) 37012174
- Label
- The orenda, Joseph Boyden
- Note
-
- A novel
- "Originally published in Canada by Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Canada Books."--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 37012174
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First United States editon.
- Extent
- 433 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780385350730
- Media category
- unmediated
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 37012174
- (Sirsi) 37012174
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