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Coppermine (2010)

by Keith Ross Leckie(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0670064637 (ISBN13: 9780670064632)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Viking Canada

review 1: This was a slow burn for me. I loved learning about the Canadian north, and it was very well researched. I also really enjoy reading anything set in the early 20th century. I never fell in love with any of the characters though... Leckie's forte is certainly not conveying heat or chemistry! He did however write the trial very well, and for about a hundred pages I couldn't put the book down, but the ending was a bit blah.
review 2: Enjoyed this book. Takes place in the early 1900's. Two Catholic priests are missing and a North WEst Mounted Policeman accepts the assignment to travel north toward the Artic Circle to find them. He takes a young Inuit with him who knows the dialect. They travel north and find the bodies of the priests, it is obvious they were m... moreurdered and the Mountie proceeds to find the culprits. He soon arrests two Inuit who confess to the murder. They begin their long journey south to Edmonton where the INuit will be put on trial. The most interesting part of this book is learning more about the Inuit as the trip south takes place during the winter. Because of the weather, they have to spend time in an igloo telling stories and making snowshoes etc. The book is based on a true story. less

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