TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGuire,Ian
TI  - White River crossing: a novel 
SN  - 9798217085705
AV  - PR6113.C4832 W48 2025
U1  - 823/.92 23/eng/20250304
PY  - 2025///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown
KW  - Fur traders
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Sex crimes
KW  - Treasure hunting
KW  - Suspense fiction
KW  - Coureurs de bois
KW  - Romans, nouvelles, etc
KW  - Violence sexuelle
KW  - Chasse au trésor
KW  - Gold miners
KW  - sears
KW  - Native peoples
KW  - Northwest Territories
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Canada
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Action and adventure fiction
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
KW  - Novels
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "A ragged fur peddler arrives at a remote outpost of the Hudson Bay Company in the winter of 1766 with a lump of gold, claiming that there is plenty more like it further north at a place called Ox Lake. The outpost's chief factor, Magnus Norton, dreams of instant riches and launches a secret and perilous expedition to find the treasure and bring it back. Led by a family of native guides, the party of prospectors includes Norton's brutish deputy, John Shaw, and Thomas Hearn, the insular and intellectual first mate from the factory's whaling sloop. During their long journey north, Shaw's callousness and arrogance lead him to commit an act of sexual violence whose disastrous consequences will only fully emerge once they reach their final destination. There, amidst the bleak beauty of the Barren Grounds, as Norton's carefully crafted plans begin to fall apart and the brutal arctic winter starts to descend, Hearn is forced to make a choice that will define his character and determine his future forever. Utterly captivating, White River Crossing transports us back to the furthest edges of the eighteenth-century British empire where two radically different worlds-indigenous and European-collide with calamitous and deadly results"--
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