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North West Mounted Police constable Patrick McNeil is buying a herd of Montana cattle to begin a ranch in the Canadian foothills. Jamie and Kate Bains join him on the dangerous adventure of a northbound cattle drive. It is a wild and dangerous frontier.
Meg and John Bains are stunned when they find themselves signed on as crew aboard an old, leaky, under-manned sailing ship bound from Quebec to Jamaica with a load of timber. On the return trip to Halifax, the leaking derelict is outfitted to carry 350 poor migrants to the New World. It uncertain whether any of them–the Bains included–will complete the horrific passage alive.
Margaret’s two stories, Fatty Legs and A Stranger at Home, tell of an unyieldingly curious and brave young girl whose thirst for education leads her to a residential school, where she finds her goal for knowledge, while facing hardship. Later, reconnecting with her roots upon returning home is a challenge. Storm at Batoche, a picture book, follows a young boy who, lost in a snowstorm, encounters the compassionate Métis leader Louis Riel. As Long as the River Flows portrays the poignant final summer of a boy before he must attend residential school, highlighting the emotional toll of such separation.
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Set against the harsh landscape of the Canadian and U.S. West, Sioux Winter is the story of three friends who fight to overcome great odds and keep a family together. The book is illustrated with photos chronicling this exciting period in Canadian history.
This is the eighth book in the Bains series of historical novels, well-researched, action-filled narratives following the travels of one family across Canada–from Newfoundland to Alberta– in search of a better life during the hard times of the 1870s.
Books do not need to be read sequentially.
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