With translated work, one has to wonder how much of the style of the writer actually came through in the translation. This turned out to be a journey of self-discovery as well as a history lesson for the writer where he learned about the plight of the Native Americans through the eyes of a Métis. Louis, Missouri and then headed west along the Oregon Trail. Together, driving an old Volkswagen minivan, they traced the footsteps of the French explorers from the St. At the beginning of his quest, he picked up a hitchhiker, a young Métis girl. The only trace he had was a 15-year-old postcard from a small town in Quebec. A 40-year-old French-Canadian writer from Montreal set out to find his long lost brother, whom he had not seen for 20 years.
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