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Alexander M wrote this review Monday, March 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This is a blockbuster, first published in 1930, a great first-person narrative of the events and characters, both historical and fictitious, culminating in the attack on Quebec in 1775 by a hardy band of soldiers led by Col. Benedict Arnold. The narrator is Steven Nason, a New England prototype of brains and brawn, who is friends to everyone who is generous and brave of either gender, any race, and any social station. What marks this from others in the genre is the rich humor running throughout the plot. As an example, a character named Nathaniel Tracy comments to Steven about a female captain, "Don't understand it! Sailing your sloop and married to another man! Something wrong with one of you!" What's wrong is that Steven fell in love with another girl at age twelve, who was kidnapped by an evil Frenchman and taken to Quebec, then to France, and back to Quebec. Steven tried to rescue her when he was twelve, but failed. As an adult, he is still clinging to his dreams of her as he travels with an army up the wilderness of the Kennebec to Quebec. I read this as a teen, and now find it even more rewarding. Roberts takes readers into eventful times in our early history, and makes each journey richly detailed, peopled with vivid characters, judiciously balanced between tragedy and triumph.”
homeinthehills wrote this review Tuesday, June 3 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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