This is Proulx's most ambitious novel ever, and her master work"--

A 13 year-old boy crashlands, alone in the Canadian wilderness. All that stands between living and dying is a hatchet. Somehow he must learn to use this one tool to fend off starvation, wild animals and many other hazards.

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given to him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Apostles of Empire contributes to ongoing research on the Jesuits, New France, and Atlantic World encounters, as well as on early modern French society, print culture, Catholicism, and imperialism.

The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.

Also includes Author file, Who's who in Green Gables, Some things to think about, Some things to do, and Glossary.

He was rescued at the end of the summer. Brian's Winterbegins where Hatchet might have ended: Brian is not rescued, but must build on his survival skills to face his deadliest enemy--a northern winter. "From the Hardcover edition.

"Complete and unabridged"--P. [4] of cover.