Back Track

By (author): Harold Johnson

Against a backdrop of traditional Cree mythology, Johnson’s novel creates a tangled murder chronicle and harrowing tale of four Cree brothers, bound to each other through family and tradition, separated from each other by their chosen life paths. As one brother kills, another reinforces the principle of a circle of life, as one capitulates to weakness, another conquers his demons. Driving the action is a manhunt for the killer of conservation officers; but at the heart of the story there is reparation through cultural wisdom and the restoration of traditional beliefs.

Authentic and well-paced, Back Track crosscuts through the cultural ruts, economic conventions, and stereotypes of Cree families living in northern Saskatchewan.

AUTHOR

Harold Johnson

Born and raised in Northern Saskatchewan, Harold Johnson has a Master of Law degree from Harvard University. He has served in the Canadian Navy, and worked in mining and logging. Johnson is the author of three novels, Billy Tinker, Back Track, and Charlie Muskrat all set against a background of traditional Cree mythology and all shortlisted for Saskatchewan Book Awards. Johnson practices law in La Ronge, Saskatchewan, and balances this with operating his family’s traditional trap line using a dog team. He is of Swedish and Cree descent.

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Dimensions:

208 Pages
8.50in * 5.53in * .55in
220.00gr

Published:

September 01, 2005

Publisher:

Thistledown Press

ISBN:

9781894345859

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Literary

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Language:

eng

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