The madman of Piney Woods

Description:

Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.

subjects: Irish,  Blacks,  Juvenile fiction,  Immigrants,  Freedmen,  Fiction,  Post-traumatic stress disorder,  Veterans,  History,  Children's fiction,  Blacks, fiction,  Mental illness, fiction,  Emigration and immigration, fiction,  Canada, fiction,  Action & Adventure,  Irish fiction,  Post-Confederation (1867- ),  Friendship,  New York Times reviewed,  Friendship, fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction

Places: Canada,  Ontario,  Chatham (Ont.),  Ont North Buxton,  North Buxton,  North Buxton (Ont.),  Chatham,  Ont Chatham

Times: 20th century,  1867-1914