{"product_id":"the-englishmans-boy-guy-vanderhaeghe","title":"The Englishman's Boy - Guy Vanderhaeghe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe first book in Guy Vanderhaeghe's Frontier trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliantly linked narrative that juxtaposes Hollywood in the 1920s with one of the bloodiest, most violent events of the nineteenth-century Canadian West: the Cypress Hills Massacre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarry Vincent has arrived in Hollywood from Saskatchewan and landed a job at a movie studio. His big opportunity comes when studio owner Damon Ira Chance enlists him to find the elusive Shorty McAdoo. When Harry finally locates the old-time Western actor, he gradually uncovers a story that will become the basis for Chance’s film.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn counterpoint to the hard-edged realm of Hollywood is the haunting story of a young drifter, known simply as “the Englishman’s boy,” whose fate is ultimately a tragic one. In May of 1873,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e he joins a group of wolf hunters heading north into Canada. It is a journey through an unforgiving land that climaxes in a brutal encounter with the Assiniboine Indians in the Cypress Hills.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVanderhaeghe’s rendering of the stark, dramatic beauty of the western landscape and of Hollywood in its most extravagant era provides a vivid background of scenes of action, adventure, and intrigue. Strongly evocative of time and place, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Englishman’s Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an unforgettable novel about power, greed, and the pull of dreams by one of Canada’s most acclaimed novelists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e352 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMay 29, 2012\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43217186783326,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/englishman.jpg?v=1787766714","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/the-englishmans-boy-guy-vanderhaeghe","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}