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The Prime Minister gives permission for John Alford (The Pilgrim) to board a tramp steamer crammed with a thousand young enlistees bound for adventure in the Boer War. They steam across a stormy Atlantic into a year of dusty, disease-ridden battles in South Africa — the first engagement by Canadian ...
Author
Paul Almond
Binding
Paperback
Pages
282
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1483943577
EAN Code
9781483943572
ISBN #
3
The riveting Alford Saga continues with James Alford, the Deserter, battling old age and ferocious winters, but even more crippling, the departure of his son and only heir, Young Jim, who sets out on snowshoes for Montreal, seven hundred miles away. He returns to the Old Homestead and its community ...
Author
Paul Almond
Binding
Paperback
Pages
259
Publisher
Mcarthur & Company
ISBN #
1770871233
EAN Code
9781770871236
ISBN #
4
Imagine you're on a British man-o'war, anchored in an estuary of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, around 1800. Behind the high red cliffs lie hundreds of miles of uncharted wilderness. If you jump ship and are caught, you will be branded a deserter - subject to death by one hundred lashes. If you jump, the...
Author
Paul Almond
Binding
Paperback
Pages
248
Publisher
Mcarthur & Company
ISBN #
1552789012
EAN Code
9781552789018
ISBN #
2
In 1896, Jack Alford is sent to the granite shores on the St. Lawrence River. Hazards imperil his life as he travels the coastline by boat and dogsled. His zeal for the welfare of his parishioners diverts Jack from his romance. Through summer storms and fierce blizzards, Jack brings care and leaders...
Author
Paul Almond
Binding
Paperback
Pages
250
Publisher
Mcarthur & Company
ISBN #
1770871632
EAN Code
9781770871632
ISBN #
1