John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir 26 August 1875 - 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
In two minutes after starting I was wet to the skin, and I thanked Providence I had left my little Dutch Horace behind me in the book-box.
Faced with adversity, danger and social scorn, Garvald nevertheless stands firm in his commitment to bringing fairness and order to the burgeoning colony. Will he achieve this aim and live to tell the tale?
Reproduction of the original: Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan
Salute to Adventurers
Salute to Adventurers: Original Edition
Salute to Adventurers
Salute to Adventurers is a 1915 novel by John Buchan.A novel of action and excitement set in 17th century Virginia -- a challenging, untamed land.
Salute to Adventurers
We are happy to announce this classic book. Many of the books in our collection have not been published for decades and are therefore not broadly available to the readers.
But each had a daftness in the eye andsomething weak and unwholesome in the visage, so that they were an offence to the fresh, gusty moorland.All but Muckle John himself. He came out of his tent and prayed till the hill-sides echoed.
Andrew Garvald is a young Scottish merchant who has bravely come to make his fortune in a newly colonised America.