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Following the adventures of Pierre from "The Broken Blade," this story follows the 14‑year‑old as he spends a winter with the North West Company in French Canada. A canoe‑men camp is set beside an Ojibwa village, where Pierre is taught the deep‑winter survival techniques and insider secrets of the fur traders and trappers. Through a growing friendship with an Ojibwa brave, Pierre gains a window into a vibrant, unfamiliar world.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: William Durbin
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