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Northwest Passage Paperback – January 1, 2001

by Kenneth Lewis Roberts (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 529 ratings
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This classic novel follows the career of Major Rogers, whose incredible exploits during the French and Indian Wars are told through Langdon Towne, an artist and Harvard student who flees trouble to join the army.
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  1. Print length
    712 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Down East Books
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2001
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 1.75 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0892725427
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0892725427
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Kenneth Roberts is an award-winning historical novelist.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Down East Books (January 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 712 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0892725427
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0892725427
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.75 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 529 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Istvan Nemes
5.0 out of 5 stars Northwest Passage
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2007
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I was fourteen years old when a family friend gifted me on my birthday with Rabble in Arms in Hungarian translation. It took no little trouble and risk to locate other works by Roberts in Communist controlled Hungary. Northwest Passage was the second book by Roberts I read and this as well as all other works in Roberts 'Chronicles of Arundel' series sold me on the US. Northwest Passage is the story of revenge within the framework of the French and Indian War, a fantastic account of courage, endurance and heroism. It is also the story of one man, Major Robert Rogers; one man's life at its zenith, as he relentlessly inspires his men to superhuman performance; also at its nadir, as he descendes into debauchery, debt, and succumbs to disease. The narrator, Langdon Towne, aspiring artist, only matters insofar as he is the one,(in first person, as many of Roberts' protagonists do,) who tells the story. His viewpoint is that of a participant, not an outside observer, and this makes the story come alive even more than it otherwise would have.
It is one of Roberts' masterful works. It lost nothing in translation although I consider myself fortunate to have many of Roberts' works in their first editions.
It is my uderstanding that Roberts' works had been translated into over 52 languages. If any of those translation are as well done as the Hungarian version Roberts should be a universally celebrated and rewarded author.
Northwest Passage is true classic. Even though the movie with Spencer Tracy now seems obsolete this deserves a remake that should closely follow the book. I wouldn't recommend changing anything just go by the book. I sure would go and see it. As it is I have the book and have enjoyed reading and rereading it over the many years.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2023
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Great book
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HMS Warspite
4.0 out of 5 stars An epic of the French and Indian war, and then some...
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2017
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Maine native Kenneth Roberts wrote a number of excellent historical novels, still in print, about Revolutionary War-era America. "Northwest Passage", set in the French and Indian War, seems not to have aged as well, but is available and worthwhile in used condition. The novel follows the tumultuous career of Major Robert Rogers, who set a high standard in adapting to the Indian way of fighting in the wilds of what would become upstate New York and eastern Canada.

The story is narrated by the fictional Langdon Towne, a former student at Harvard and would-be artist, who is forced to flee Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after insulting a government official. Towne and his companions join Rogers' Rangers, just in time for an expedition to attack the hostile Indian village of St. Francis in French Canada. The approach to St. Francis becomes an epic of endurance; the retreat after the attack is a death-defying struggle to outrun pursuing French troops and vengeful Indians. This first half of the book is easily the most interesting, rich in fairly accurate detail about Rogers' leadership and the audacious heroism of his Rangers. It was the basis for the 1940 movie "Northwest Passage", starring Spencer Tracy.

The second half of the book follows Major Rogers' further career in England and on the Northwest frontier. His pursuit of the legendary Northwest Passage will become a consuming passion, again narrated by Langdon Towne. This second half of the novel has lots of period detail, but the search for the Northwest Passage and the fate of Major Rogers just didn't hold the interest of this reviewer as well as the first half. Nevertheless, highly recommended as a worthwhile read, especially to fans of Kenneth Roberts' other novels.
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LA in Dallas
5.0 out of 5 stars An angry love story
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2023
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OK, confession. The title "angry love story" is not really accurate. Northwest Passage is a book that contains a lot of anger and also a love story, but they are mostly separate.

Kenneth Roberts was, I believe, my father's favorite author. Thus I read Northwest Passage as a high school student. I liked it, and subsequently read all of Roberts novels that I could get my hands on. There were two things that teenage me liked about Northwest Passage -- the anger and the love story. Northwest Passage is not the only Roberts novel that contains a love story, but it is definitely the sweetest.

The anger, though, that is a constant. Roberts books are full of railing against the corrupt idiots who, in Roberts perception, are most of humanity. Also, they are not difficult to identify -- anyone in history who has ever expressed an opinion or taken an action that Roberts disapproved is one. (I am sure this is unfair to him, but as a one-sentence summary of the impression he left on me, it is accurate.) To a high-school student this was entertaining. I suspect I would now be less amused.

One thing I will say in Roberts favor is that he is willing to champion the causes of heroes who have been abandoned by history. General Benedict Arnold, for instance, is a hero of several Roberts novels. (But not Northwest Passage.) His novel Oliver Wiswell is about an American loyalist -- that is, one of the Americans' who fought on England's side in the American Revolution. They lost that war, and of course their historical credit is low in the USA (but better in Canada, where many of them eventually ended up), while our heroes are the folks who defeated them -- the "Founding Fathers".
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Dropzone
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing view of our shared history.
Reviewed in Canada on December 21, 2021
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This is one of the best books I've read about the early history of Canada and the USA. May I also suggest the book about the Hudsons Bay Company, Northwest Company and the fur trade in early America. 'The Company' it's rise and fall.

And, there is a YouTube move... Marie Ann, about the first white woman to come to Fort Edmonton, then to Rocky Mountain House.
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Dave C
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2021
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I've been desperate for this book to be available on Kindle. I first read this book when I was 11 or 12 and got as far as the raid on St Francis. I'm back there again over 50 years later and looking forward to the further exploits and trials of Robert Rogers.
A classic read.
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tracker
4.0 out of 5 stars America's English colonial history
Reviewed in Australia on September 24, 2020
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Enjoyed the book thoroughly..as far as I could judge it was a skilful blending of fact and fiction with fact predominating...sheds a light on the early struggles of the British and French aided by their Indian allies in early America. The protagonists are shown as human with all their virtues and flaws..Major Rogers emerges as a colossus but with feet of clay...a rattling good book that whets the appetite for more...leaves James F.Cooper for dead in my opinion more akin to another good read "Drums along the Mohawk"....praiseworthy.
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Nicole Radcliffe
5.0 out of 5 stars Very happy
Reviewed in Canada on December 12, 2019
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Item was in excellent condition and was thrilled to be able to get it when it’s almost out of print.
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Q Prestwick
5.0 out of 5 stars I first read this when I as a kid, ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2016
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I first read this when I as a kid, which was a long time ago, and was thoroughly taken by it. So my recent purchase was for my American grandson. I think that says it all.
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