Synopses & Reviews
The year is 1811 and Mark Greenhow, a young Quaker, leaves his small community in northern England and embarks upon a life-changing journey. His sister, Rachel, a missionary traveling in North America, has gone missing and is presumed dead. Only Mark refuses to abandon hope. What follows is a beautifully evocative and gripping account of Mark's search across Canada's vast, uncharted wildernesses. Traveling with the "voyageurs" the men who canoe the immense Canadian fur-trade route in search of the truth about his sister's last journey, Mark struggles to maintain his religious belief in nonviolence while all around him take up arms in the War of 1812.
Voyageurs is a gripping and hugely enjoyable adventure set against the magnificent backdrop of nineteenth-century Canada that also addresses the timeless themes of war, love, and the emotional bonds that bind us to one another.
Review
"[R]ich and moving....Ultimately, Mark doesn't find what he hoped for, but he doesn't fail in the way he feared he might. Through it all, he's so disarmingly honest that his whole story, told in this plain and simple style, serves as an arresting antidote for our own time, so hopelessly opposed to quiet reflection. A long book is always a risky trek into uncharted territory, but this is a guide worth following." Ron Charles, The Christian Science Monitor (read the entire Christian Science Monitor review)
Synopsis
This gripping and hugely enjoyable adventure, set against the magnificent backdrop of 19th-century Canada, addresses the timeless themes of war, love, and the emotional bonds that bind us to one another.