Canoe Lady: A Novel of Artist Frances Anne Hopkins' Years in Canada

by Dot Wilson

In the 1860s a young British woman, Frances Anne Hopkins, travels via birch bark canoe through the fur trade routes of Canada. Her huge oil paintings of these adventures capture the colorful voyageur life. But how can this mother of eight manage an art career and her role as society lady in Victorian Montreal?

162 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published February 1, 2007

Reviews

[Sherri Anderson]

It was a good novel but not what I was expecting. I was expecting more on the artist but it keeps close to the story of the voyageurs.