In 1825 the town of Little York, future Toronto, is a cluster of houses on the edge of the forest. The young master of Pine Towers, son of a prosperous household, comes to know an Algonquin girl of striking beauty and intelligence, and the romance plays out among settlers’ gatherings, Indigenous legends and the rivalries of a frontier society. Its portrayal of Native life is romanticised in the manner of 1887.
An early Canadian historical romance, co-written by the poet Ethelwyn Wetherald, valued for its picture of Upper Canada. Download the free EPUB.
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