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Sick Heart River
Sick Heart River
Sick Heart River
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“Sick Heart River” is a powerful and compelling novel originally published in 1941. It is John Buchan's last novel which was completed days before his death in 1940. It follows a dying protagonist, Edward Leithen, who confronts the question of the meaning of life while in the Canadian wilderness. Edward Leithen is perhaps John Buchan's most autobiographical character and here Leithen is an old man given a year to live, he chooses to help a friend find a man in the wild rugged interior of Canada. Vast sweeping landscapes are expertly described by Buchan using his own experiences of travelling around Canada.

John Buchan (1875 – 1940) was a Scottish historian, novelist, and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. He was a vocal advocate of literacy and the development of Canadian culture, receiving a state funeral in the country before his ashes were returned to Britain. Other notable works by this author include: “The African Colony” (1903) and “The Moon Endureth” (1912). This volume will appeal to those who have read an enjoyed other works by this author, and it is not to be missed by the discerning collectors of vintage literature. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherWhite Press
Release dateApr 24, 2015
ISBN9781473373617
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John Buchan

John Buchan was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He published nearly 30 novels and seven collections of short stories. He was born in Perth, an eldest son, and studied at Glasgow and Oxford. In 1901 he became a barrister of the Middle Temple and a private secretary to the High Commissioner for South Africa. In 1907 he married Susan Charlotte Grosvenor and they subsequently had four children. After spells as a war correspondent, Lloyd George's Director of Information and Conservative MP, Buchan moved to Canada in 1935. He served as Governor General there until his death in 1940. Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford; his research interests include military history from the 18th century to date, including contemporary strategic studies, but with particular interest in the First World War and in the history of the British Army.

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    Edward Leithen, a lawyer/statesman close to possibly becoming prime minster, finds he is dying of a form of t due to have been gassed in World War One. He is actually younger than I now,but i very much identify with his sense of weakness and weariness. He is persuaded to go to Canada in search of a promising French Canadian who had made a success of business in New York, married a woman there and then suddenly vanished baxk into the Canadian wilderness. Leithen expects the search will use up his last energy, but in act he finds that it strengthens him. (Spoiler warning) --however, after finding him and recovering much of his heath, he deliberately chooses to spend all his renewed strength saving a tribe of First people who have despaired of life themselves and are dying off.

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