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Salute to Adventurers
by
John Buchan
Salute to Adventurers is an historical novel, which tells the story of Andrew Garvald , a young Scottish merchant, who migrates to the Jamestown Colony. This story includes survival, pirates, Indians, and love. According to Wikipedia, "John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governo...more
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Published
February 1st 2011
by B&R Samizdat Express
(first published 1915)
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Totally forgot to add that one of the funniest things my husband and I noticed about this book is that Louis L'Amour totally ripped it off for his Sackett series, whether he meant to or not. Wow, even some of the same descriptions and word usages.
****
Another totally awesome Buchan book. In fact, the husband and I were vying for it all week.
This was a little different for Buchan as the story begins in Scotland in the late 1600's and ends in "Virginia." So we had the heath and the moor...more
Totally forgot to add that one of the funniest things my husband and I noticed about this book is that Louis L'Amour totally ripped it off for his Sackett series, whether he meant to or not. Wow, even some of the same descriptions and word usages.
****
Another totally awesome Buchan book. In fact, the husband and I were vying for it all week.
This was a little different for Buchan as the story begins in Scotland in the late 1600's and ends in "Virginia." So we had the heath and the moor...more
If I could recommend just one fictional Buchan book, this would be it. The Dick Hannay series build upon one another, but this stands alone. Take the time to un-crack the poem at the beginning. It exemplifies how Christians must view history, not as separate segments of time, but one story building upon itself through the rise and fall of nations, empires and men.
One of Buchan's early books.... But the pace of the novel moved swiftly enough that I could easily imagine it as a movie unfolding scene by scene. A Critique of Buchan is that his spy novels become formulaic. This is neither. This is a novel that captures the grand adventure of being an early American settler!
Wholly Adventure. Interesting. Good American History. Lovely Romance to it.
Sep 19, 2007
Mellie
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
espionage enthusiasts
This is not a Hannay book, but it's one of my favorite Buchan books! It's set in the 1700s in New England (or thereabouts).
Dec 31, 2012
Eddy Allen
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4 of 5 stars
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John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) was a British novelist and public servant who combined a successful career as an author of thrillers, historical novels, histories and biographies with a parallel career in public life. At the time of his death he was Governor-General of Canada.
Buchan was born in Scotland and educated at Glasgow and Oxford Universities. After a brief career in law he went to Sou...more
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Buchan was born in Scotland and educated at Glasgow and Oxford Universities. After a brief career in law he went to Sou...more
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