Boundary Waters

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Hughes has produced a gripping yarn, vividly bringing the harsh realities of the fur trade to life, in this epic tale of fortune-seeking and ill-starred love.' – Kate Pullinger 'you know what you're getting with a Tristan Hughes novel, and what you're getting is Good... The research is meticulous and judiciously applied, as is the evocation of milieu and environment' – Niall Griffiths, Nation. Cymru Now what more foolish notion is there than that the Heavens might peek inside our skulls and, seeing the dissatisfied thoughts and daydreams there, decide to send us a Miraculous Solution... Lower Canada, 1804.Arthur Stanton, lacking direction in his life and desperately seeking the approval of his father, wanders the streets of Montreal filled with daydreams of exotic lands and adventures inspired by novels and traveller's tales. On a sudden whim he decides to sign up as a clerk in the fur trade and is sent on a mission to recover a cache of furs obtained from a secret beaver El