Bibliograph

West to the bay, Joan Donaldson Yarmey

Type

Label

West to the bay, Joan Donaldson Yarmey

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

West to the bay

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Joan Donaldson Yarmey

Summary

In 1750, Thomas Gunn, along with three friends, join the Hudson's Bay Company and sail from Stromness on the Orkney Islands of northern Scotland to York Factory fort on Hudson's Bay. They believe they are starting a new and exciting life in what is called Rupert's Land, but tragedy follows them, striking for the first time on the ship. At the fort Thomas finds his older brother, Edward, who had joined four years earlier. He also meets Little Bird, sister of Edward's wife, and her family

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor