Title: The madman of Piney Woods
Description: Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
Subjects: Irish, Blacks, Juvenile fiction, Immigrants, Freedmen, Fiction, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Veterans, History, Children's fiction, Blacks, fiction, Mental illness, fiction, Emigration and immigration, fiction, Canada, fiction, Action & Adventure, Irish fiction, Post-Confederation (1867- ), Friendship, New York Times reviewed, Friendship, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction
Places: Canada, Ontario, Chatham (Ont.), Ont North Buxton, North Buxton, North Buxton (Ont.), Chatham, Ont Chatham
Time periods: 20th century, 1867-1914