No Ordinary Risks

AVAILABLE JANUARY 29, 2027 Three thrilling journeys told in vivid detail by men who risked their lives to open up the North, in the days before the North was a part of Canada. Nancy Marguerite Anderson expertly weaves the journals of three remarkable Hudson’s Bay Company men into a gripping and powerful tale of daring and dangerous explorations. In his search for Sir John Franklin’s men, James An- derson travelled 600 miles down 84 sets of rapids in the treacherous Great Fish River on his way to the Arctic Sea. Robert Campbell fought his way up BC’s tumultuous Liard River and ventured across the mountains to the unknown Yukon. Pompous, dislikable Augustus Peers wrote about his experiences, and his long-lost manuscript, unearthed by the author, reveals his evocative and expressive writing.