Voyageur Story

A red squirrel stows away on a canoe to fulfill his dream of joining a group of voyageurs--men who paddle canoes filled with goods to a trading post thousands of miles away. A Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award It is 1792 and unbeknownst to a group of voyageurs traveling from Montreal to Grand Portage, an intrepid squirrel, Jean Pierre Petit Le Rouge, sneaks onto their canoe. Le Rouge is soon discovered because he can't contain his excitement--mon dieu he is so enthusiastic. The smells! The vistas! The comradery! The voyageurs are not particularly happy to have him, especially because Le Rouge rides, but he does not paddle. He eats, but he does not cook. He doesn't even carry anything on portages--sometimes it is he who has to be carried. He also has a terrible singing voice. What kind of voyageur is that? When they finally arrive at the trading post Le Rouge is in for a terrible shock--the voyageurs have traveled all those miles to collect beaver pelts. With the help of Monique, a smart and sweet flying squirrel, Le Rouge organizes his fur-bearing friends of the forest to ambush the men and try and convince them to quit being voyageurs. Written by a Newbery honor author, the book has over 20 black-and-white illustrations. A Junior Library Guild Selection

Princess Xiaohe ruled a community on the Silk Road in Northern China 4,000 years ago, before being in charge of life on the planet. As Moses’ wife Sephora, she imposed the Ten Commandments to the Jewish Nation, after they killed her Egyptian love. She returned as the wife of Jesus with whom she had three children. The Twelve Apostles having murdered her spouse, she introduced his teachings to Gaul, establishing her court in Avignon as the Queen of Gaul. A Venetian Princess and Muslim Sikindaer Begum she fought all religions separating Church and State for a moderate Indian Islam. She reunited with Moses for the return of the Nativity Star over LA in 1997 giving birth to reincarnated Jesus, revealing the more scientific reality of the trillions of spirits created by the Big Bang to live and love incarnating repeatedly on millions of inhabitable or inhabited planets… The novel is also romantic, even erotic as formidable women attract, over time, great adventurers breaching the Status Quo—within love-stories of Nefertiti, Sephora, Mary-Magdalene, Mary, Princess Sikindaer Begum, whose loves last over multiple incarnations. * Sephora with Moses in 2012

Voyageur Classics is a series of special new versions of Canadian classics, with added material and special introductions by noted experts. This bundle contains some of the greatest Canadian fiction, including influential literature from Quebec (Maria Chapdelaine, The Town Below), a collection of the best of the legendary Pauline Johnson, Peregrine Acland’s gripping Great War novel All Else is Folly, a classic tale of Irish immigration (The Yellow Briar), and great novels from the renowned Hugh Garner (The Storm Below) and Wyndham Lewis (Self Condemned). Any reader with an interest not only in Canadian literature, but in great fiction in general, will find this collection of great works an essential addition to their collection. Includes All Else Is Folly Pauline Johnson The Town Below Self Condemned Storm Below The Yellow Briar Maria Chapdelaine

"Over 250,000 people visit Minnesota's only national park each year. This popularity raises crucial questions: Can timber wolves thrive amid snowmobiles and jet skis? Can the thin layer of fragile soil atop the Precambrian shield, the oldest exposed rock on earth, survive the feet of campers? Voyageur Country explores these quandaries, describes the environmental significance of the park, and presents the only complete history of this important region." "The first paperback edition of this classic work includes an updated preface and chronology. The birth of the modern incarnation of Voyageurs as a national park is detailed, with accounts of the contributions of Sigurd Olson and other conservationists. Voyageur Country is an essential launching point for considering the policy that guides our relationship with the land."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Voyageur is the French word for "traveler," but in the Great Lakes region during the seventeenth century it described those men who made their living trading furs and goods along water routes. Traveling by canoe, these voyageurs helped to establish north woods trading posts and settlements, opening up the West to future exploration. Young Jacques's father is such a voyageur. He works long hours in bitterly cold weather, absent from home for weeks at a time. As he awaits his father's return from a season of trading, Jacques dreams of the day he will hold the canoe paddle and join the ranks of voyageurs.Author Kathy-jo Wargin is known for her many stories celebrating Great Lakes lore and north woods history including the 2001 IRA Children's Choice Award winner, The Legend of the Loon. She lives with her family in Petoskey, Michigan. David Geister's body of work with Sleeping Bear Press continues to grow and includes The Legend of Minnesota, also written by Kathy-jo Wargin. He specializes in historic art and has a background in commercial art. David lives with his family in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The story of the voyageurs who travelled from Quebec to British Columbia, braving rapids and portaging over rough terrain, in search of furs.

A sixteen-year-old lad, who can paddle, sing, and swim, signs a three-year contract as a voyageur and joins an expedition to northwest Canada in 1750 to search for furs and his future.

A sixteen-year-old lad, who can paddle, sing, and swim, signs a three-year contract as a voyageur and joins an expedition to north-west Canada in 1750 to search for furs and his future.