Sick heart river
By: by John Buchan.
Contributors: Walker, Winmary, former owner.
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Published: 1941
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Leithen, Edward (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Sick Heart River is John Buchan's last novel, completed just days before his death. It was published posthumously in 1941. Buchan's rich descriptions of the rugged Canadian Northwest Territories are influenced by his real-life voyage down the Mackenzie River in 1937. At that time, Buchan was Governor-General of Canada. The main character, the lawyer and politician Edward Leithen is perhaps the most autobiographical of Buchan's characters.
Notes: American ed. (Boston : Houghton Mifflin) has title: Mountain meadow.
Source: Purchase, Apr. 20, 1990 (DLC #95003).