Bob Murch | 19 Mar 2014 10:16 a.m. PST |
I don't usually read books that win literary contests sponsored by the CBC, but I decided to try 'The Orenda' by Joseph Boyden. It's the best book I 've read this year. It is about the mid 17th Century Huron, Iroquois and the newly arrived French Jesuits. The war between the two native tribes is the backdrop of the story and the picture of the period that Boyden paints is so intimate I can smell the camp smoke and birch forests. I highly recommend this book. Now I just have to fight the urge to sculpt woodland Indians. Bob Murch pulpfigures.com link |
snodipous | 19 Mar 2014 10:50 a.m. PST |
I'm about 20 pages from the end, and I can second your opinion – it's really good. (Though I enjoyed his previous book, Three Day Road, more) |
zippyfusenet | 19 Mar 2014 11:44 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the notice. I'll have to look for it. |
Pan Marek | 19 Mar 2014 2:09 p.m. PST |
Amazon US says its not available until May. Has it been released in Canada already? |
boy wundyr x | 19 Mar 2014 2:26 p.m. PST |
I bought it for a brother for Xmas, so it's in Canada for sure. |
(Stolen Name) | 19 Mar 2014 3:07 p.m. PST |
Tis CN $19 USD on the UK kindle site – might wait to see if it comes on sale – looks good though |
Corporal Agarn | 19 Mar 2014 4:25 p.m. PST |
It's available on The Book Depository $14.27 USD |
Bobgnar | 19 Mar 2014 7:31 p.m. PST |
The figures might not be as good as you could make Bob, but there are plenty of figures available for doing that episode. Keep up your good work on the pulp era interwar period. The world still needs some good 1930s regular housewife type women. |
Dave Crowell | 20 Mar 2014 12:23 p.m. PST |
Bob, don't fight the urge. But I agree with the other Bob about the need for housewives. |
Bob Murch | 20 Mar 2014 10:23 p.m. PST |
I find the period of the book fascinating. We tend to think of the 7yrs War period when playing Woodland Indians. The Iroquois/ Huron war took place in the mid 1600's and the fact that the battleground was sedate old southern Ontario is quite chilling when I think of those arrowheads and clay pipes I used to find down along the Grand River in freshly ploughed fields. |
A Twiningham | 21 Mar 2014 6:02 a.m. PST |
Fascinating indeed. I grew up on the southern shore of Lake Erie on the site of an Erie Indian village that was completely wiped out by the Iroquois during this period. Oddly enough we also had a Grand River! |