The Survivor: Book Two of the Alford Saga

Thomas Manning, branded a deserter from the British Navy, is forced to change his name to James Alford to avoid the death penalty. Determined to forge a new life on the Gaspé Peninsula, he struggles to survive the harsh landscape and win the hand of Catherine Garrett. After working in harsh sub-zero woods, he saves the life of an orphan working in a sawmill, and so gains crucial lumber to build a homestead out of intractable wilderness. But first he must battle murderous brigands to rescue a starving bull calf he hopes will be the first of the oxen he so desperately needs to clear his land. Finally, heroically surviving Canada's worst-ever famine, he faces down implacable bureaucracies to keep the farm he has been fighting to bring under cultivation.A captivating and fast-paced adventure, THE SURVIVOR is Book Two of the Alford Saga, a series chronicling two hundred years of Canadian history, as seen through the eyes of one settler's family. 1800- Thomas Manning Deserts From A British Man-o'war, By Diving In To Ice Strewn Waters In Hopes Of A Better Life In The New World. His Leap Into Uncertainty Begins The Epic Tale Of A Pioneer Family, One Of The Many Who Built Our Great Nation. Paul Almond. The second volume in a multi-generational saga of a pioneering family.