Sky Walker, Susan Minsos
Sky Walker, Susan Minsos
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Sky Walker
Tehawennihárhos

Author: Susan Minsos

Narrator: Mark Nicholas Demeda

Unabridged: 11 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 06/24/2024


Synopsis

In 1845 Upper Canada the spark ignites between Tehawennihárhos of the Mohawk Turtle clan and the young Scotchwoman Jennet Ferguson, kindling a fire that drives this truly Canadian novel on an epic adventure of adversity and romance. Set against a backdrop of the European land grab of Six Nations territory, this story casts a broad shadow over the landscape of cultures and identity that was coming to define the emerging nation of Canada.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Martha on February 07, 2020

This is book #2 of Minsos’s Mohawk Trilogy. The exploits and adventures of the numerous characters introduced in Sky Walker: Tehawennihárhos continue in book #2, with a couple of additions. This is all done with the back drop of what was happening in Upper Canada in the 1840s, which was pretty compl......more

Goodreads review by Elly on March 03, 2013

Highly recommend! Being born in this particular part of the country, I thought I knew much of our local history. But this book took me back to a time and place I found fascinating. The writer somehow lets you live and breathe the events of that time in a perfect blend of historical facts and fiction......more

Goodreads review by Sally on January 29, 2013

"Eventually she went west to the village of Brantford and expressly to Vinegar Hill, a notorious, ramshackle, inclusive but small community known for moonshine, manners (none) and mayhem (plenty)." You don't have to be from Ontario to love this fascinating, entertaining romp through our history. Lov......more

Goodreads review by Ken on December 10, 2012

Susan Minsos is a sophisticated, mature writer with a great sense of humour and the ability to keep the plot twisting and turning in a manner that keeps the tale fresh right to the last page. A fine read.......more

Goodreads review by Faye on December 10, 2012

Great book! The setting of this book is alive with so much rich detail that I felt I was right there in Upper Canada. The characters are lively, and you feel as though you know them. Minsos has really captured that era. It's a page-turner.......more