Sick Heart River
by John Buchan
Edward Leithen (Fictitious character)FictionFiction, generalRomans, nouvellesLITERARY CRITICISM
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Lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen is given a year to live. Fearing he will die unfulfilled, he devotes his last months to seeking out and restoring to health Galliard, a young Canadian banker. Galliard is in remotest Canada searching for the River of the Sick Heart. Braving a severe Arctic winter, Leithen finds Galliard and feels his own health returning. The North has healed both men, but only one will return to civilization.
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Edward Leithen (Fictitious character)FictionFiction, generalRomans, nouvellesLITERARY CRITICISMEuropean
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John Buchan
26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940
A Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan>Wikipedia</a>).
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