Counter Currents, by Shaun J. McLaughlin

Dressed in buckskins, 19-year-old Ryan Long Pine sends his canoe into Canada’s busy Kingston harbor. It is 1837 and he stands out: “Not yet an anachronism, he was a curiosity”. Alone in the world except for the raven who accompanies him, Ryan is not looking for adventure; he is looking for a job. Armed with good carpentry skills learned from his father and trapping skills learned from a stint with a family of Algonquins, he can fend for himself. His work ethic quickly endears him to the shipb...