1847
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American War
An Gorta Mor
Author_Janet Kellough
Bishop
Bishop Michael Power
Canada Company
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Corktown
Corn Laws
Don Valley
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Eviction
Fever
Fever sheds
Grosse
Grosse Isle
Halifax currency
Homosexuality
Hospital
Hospitalieres de Saint Joseph
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Huron Tract
Ireland
Isle
Kingston
Kingston General
Kingston General Hospital
Lake Ontario
Les Religieuses
Mexican
Michael Power
Orange Lodge
Potato Famine
sheds
Sir Robert Peel
steamers
Stuartsville
Thaddeus Lewis
Toronto
Typhus
Vigilantism
Wellington
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- ISBN 9781459709287
- Weight: 177g
- Dimensions: 107 x 177mm
- Publication Date: 03 Oct 2013
- Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this third novel in the series, Thaddeus Lewis and his son journey into the heart of disaster.
When the bloated corpse of a man dressed in women’s clothing washes up on the shore of Lake Ontario near Thaddeus Lewis’s home, nothing is found on the body except a small scrap of green ribbon.
The year is 1847 — "Black ’47" — and 100,000 Irish emigrants are fleeing to Canada to escape starvation. The emigrants bring with them the dreaded "ship’s fever," and soon Canadian ports are overflowing with the sick and dying and entire families are being torn apart.
Lewis’s youngest son, Luke, who has aspirations of becoming a doctor, volunteers in the fever sheds in Kingston. When he finds a green ribbon on the lifeless body of a patient named John Porter, he is intrigued by the strange coincidence. Though dealing with demons of his own, young Luke enlists his father’s help to uncover the mystery, a tale of enmity that began back in Ireland. Their search leads them to the heart of the criminal underworld of Toronto, where the final acts of vengeance play out against the tragedy of the fever sheds.
When the bloated corpse of a man dressed in women’s clothing washes up on the shore of Lake Ontario near Thaddeus Lewis’s home, nothing is found on the body except a small scrap of green ribbon.
The year is 1847 — "Black ’47" — and 100,000 Irish emigrants are fleeing to Canada to escape starvation. The emigrants bring with them the dreaded "ship’s fever," and soon Canadian ports are overflowing with the sick and dying and entire families are being torn apart.
Lewis’s youngest son, Luke, who has aspirations of becoming a doctor, volunteers in the fever sheds in Kingston. When he finds a green ribbon on the lifeless body of a patient named John Porter, he is intrigued by the strange coincidence. Though dealing with demons of his own, young Luke enlists his father’s help to uncover the mystery, a tale of enmity that began back in Ireland. Their search leads them to the heart of the criminal underworld of Toronto, where the final acts of vengeance play out against the tragedy of the fever sheds.
Janet Kellough is a professional storyteller and has written and appeared in numerous stage productions that feature a fusion of spoken word and music. Her two previous books in the Thaddeus Lewis series are On the Head of a Pin and Sowing Poison. She lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
