Lyanna19 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 I am looking for books, any books with the settling of the West, and/or regarding New France, ( not sure if it can be classified as pioneer), but I recently read a book called: "The King's Daughter" by Suzanne Martel, it's about a sixteen year old orphan girl who came to Quebec to marry a widower with two children in the 1700's. Even though it's a children's book it was still awesome to read, looking for more books like that, or even ones like, "Becky Landers, frontier warrior" . Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanna19 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 Oh and I am hoping for more adult but if you know of children or young adult types thats ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 David Hackett Fischer's biography on Samuel de Champlain, Champlain's Dream is excellent. Brian Moore's Black Robe: A Novel Possibly Fred Anderson's A Crucible of War: The Seven Year's War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 I've been looking for a copy of Richard White's The Middle Ground: Indians Empires and Republics in the Great Lakes Region 1650-1815 There are several books on the history of New France I have had difficulty finding here in the US(not sure where you are located): Peter Moogk's La Nouvelle France: The Making of French Canada -- a Cultural History; W.J. Eccles The French in North America: 1500-1783 and The Canadian Frontier, 1534-1760; Allan Greer's the People of New France; and Jacques Lacoursiere's A People's History of Quebec. There is also a 2017 French-Canadian film gathering a lot of attention: Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, Terre des Ames) about the history of Montreal. Again not sure where you are, but I expect it to be harder to find in the US. I really wish we had better access to French-Canadian media. Don't get me started on what a pain it is to find Quebecois authors in the US. The only one's I can recall seeing in libraries or bookstores are Gabrielle Roy and Anne Hebert. Of course, Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose (a semi-autobiographical family history set in various mining towns in the West). Stegner also wrote a history about the Mormon journey to Utah, The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail. Actually, Stegner was a prolific writer about the West. Lots of fiction and non-fiction to choose from. Perhaps Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop, set in 19th.c New Mexico Territory. A.B. Guthrie, Jr. wrote a number of novels set in frontier Montana The Big Sky, The Way West(Pulitzer Prize winner) Hampton Sides" Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanna19 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 Wow! Thank-you! Astromech, most of these I've never heard of, but am looking forward to finding them. I'm from Canada, but my reading is not limited to Canadian fiction/history, American history and historical fiction is perfect too. I'm also a big fan of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, it seems all I know is the children books, so your recommendations are very welcome as they seem to cater to the more mature. Thank-you again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 You're welcome and lucky you for having easier access to a number of those books and authors I listed. The King's Daughter had piqued my interest. The history surrounding the Filles du Roi is very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanna19 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 It is interesting, I have found two or more books on the Filles du Roi, but they didn't even come close to Suzanne Martel's. If I could remember the titles I would give them just so ppl could avoid them, but I can't. Mind you, I believe they got a few so so reviews, so somebody did enjoy them. Another book I enjoyed was called "Calico Captive" by Elizabeth George Spear http://allreaders.com/book-review-summary/calico-captive-25354 The above link tells it so much better than I could what the book is about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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