When the bloated corpse of a man dressed in women’s clothing washes up on the shore of Lake Ontario near Thaddeus Lewis’s home, nothing is found on the body except a small scrap of green ribbon.
The year is 1847 — "Black ’47" — and 100,000 Irish emigrants are fleeing to Canada to escape starvation. The emigrants bring with them the dreaded "ship’s fever," and soon Canadian ports are overflowing with the sick and dying and entire families are being torn apart.
Lewis’s youngest son, Luke, who has aspirations of becoming a doctor, volunteers in the fever sheds in Kingston. When he finds a green ribbon on the lifeless body of a patient named John Porter, he is intrigued by the strange coincidence. Though dealing with demons of his own, young Luke enlists his father’s help to uncover the mystery, a tale of enmity that began back in Ireland. Their search leads them to the heart of the criminal underworld of Toronto, where the final acts of vengeance play out against the tragedy of the fever sheds.
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- C813/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
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- 9781459709294 9781459709287
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- F67 2013eb
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- Canada
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- Title proper/short title
- Forty-seven sorrows
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- 47 SORROWS 4
- Copyright 5
- Chapter 1 8
- Chapter 2 15
- Chapter 3 23
- Chapter 4 32
- Chapter 5 44
- Chapter 6 60
- Chapter 7 71
- Chapter 8 86
- Chapter 9 92
- Chapter 10 102
- Chapter 11 114
- Chapter 12 130
- Chapter 13 149
- Chapter 14 171
- Chapter 15 186
- Chapter 16 194
- Chapter 17 202
- Chapter 18 205
- Chapter 19 214
- Chapter 20 231
- Chapter 21 237
- Chapter 22 246
- Chapter 23 257
- Chapter 24 266
- Chapter 25 275
- Chapter 26 282
- Chapter 27 298
- Chapter 28 312
- Chapter 29 319
- Chapter 30 332
- Chapter 31 336
- Chapter 32 352
- Chapter 33 357
- Acknowledgements 360