num_pages: 335
description: Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Newfoundland, this richly textured debut novel chronicles the conflict between the European settlers and the remnants of the Beothuk, or native Indians, as an idealistic naval officer arrives to establish contact with the Beothuk, a mission that goes tragically awry. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: River Thieves
titlecomplete: River Thieves
genres: Fiction, Historical, Canadian Literature, Book Club, Canada, Romance, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 2708
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: BMO Winterset Award
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt