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About Historical Fiction...
Canada has a rich and colourful history that for
the most part is waiting to be discovered.
The type of history I refer to
is seldom found in textbooks, and yet it is very much part of the
Canadian experience. I call it "pioneer social history"
because it deals with the lives and
times of ordinary citizens. However, since these stories usually went
to the grave with them it is necessary to reconstruct their
lives from journals and fist-hand accounts.
This, then, is the function of
historical fiction: ‘historical,’ because it is a reasonably accurate reconstruction
from existing records; and ‘fiction,’ because it is a composite of the
lives and attitudes of the times--both the good and the bad. It also serves to
mark a
lifestyle that might otherwise be forgotten.
All these elements are certainly true of
gay
pioneers because, quite understandably, there are few published diaries or
first-hand accounts of them. Not only was it an extremely dangerous
thing to do, but most GLBT men and women were not ‘out’ to their
families or friends. Moreover, they were even loathe to reveal a lifetime of secrets
after death--often directing that their personal papers be destroyed by a
trusted friend.
Without historical fiction,
therefore, this very real and important
aspect of pioneer life might be overlooked and
forgotten, and along with it many of the contributions these individuals
made--including the recognition of homosexuality as a fact of
life.
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Two Irish Lads
Sean and Patrick McConaghy are two young cousins who set sail from their
native Ireland, in 1820, and after a long and eventful passage across the
Atlantic Ocean they tackle the mighty St. Lawrence River with a band of
rugged Voyageurs.
Eventually settling in the wilderness of
Upper Canada, they begin to carve a homestead when love blossoms between
them. This, too, is a voyage of discovery at a time when same-sex
relationships were subject to humiliation and death.
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Journey to Big Sky
Sheldon Cartwright is a young, brilliant
politician with a beautiful wife and two charming children. His career is in
ascendance as well, and the sky seems the limit for this blue-eyed lad
from Pefferlaw, Ontario..
However, Cartwright also has a hidden past
that one day bursts onto the front page of a tabloid newspaper. Moreover,
the inside story alleges that he was once a high-end, male prostitute with
a male lover—a hulking and psychopathically obsessive killer.
Enter a homophobic cop and the stage is set for
a political downfall in spite of Cartwright’s valiant efforts to salvage
it.
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Coming of Age on the Trail
Young Cory Twilingate experiences a coming of age like few other when he is
pressed into a 1,500-mile cattle drive through the
rugged wilderness of British Columbia to save his father's indebted ranch.
Accompanying him on this formidable drive is
ranch-foreman "Reb" Coltrane, a ruggedly handsome cowpuncher recently
hired from down Texas way. At first the sparks fly between them on account their
differences, but faced with the challenges of the trail they discover more in common than they imagined.
Pressed by the weather, and pursued by villains, adventure abounds.
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Scheduled release date:
July 2010
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