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THREE DAY ROAD
- BY JOSEPH BOYDEN

ISBN - 10:0143056956; Published By: Penguin Group Canada - Pages 368 Canada

World War 1 through the eyes of a naive family, particularly two young native boys that go to war and only one returns.... Snipers who undero huge changes due to the horrors of war

From the Publisher
It is 1919, and Niska, the last Oji-Cree woman to live off the land, has received word that one of the two boys she saw off to the Great War has returned. Xavier Bird, her sole living relation, is gravely wounded and addicted to morphine. As Niska slowly paddles her canoe on the three-day journey to bring Xavier home, travelling through the stark but stunning landscape of Northern Ontario, their respective stories emerge—stories of Niska’s life among her kin and of Xavier’s horrifying experiences in the killing fields of Ypres and the Somme.

Setting: Canada and Europe 1914 - 1919
Issues: Role of Snipers
Native Canadian's role in the war juxtaposed with the white army mores and culture
Native residential schools