Larger	Black Robe Author: Brian Moore
	Book Information Publisher: Plume Book Type: Paperback Rating: 3 ISBN-13: 9780452278653 - ISBN-10: 0452278651 Publication Date: 6/1/1997 Pages: 256

This is about a French Jesuit priest in 1643 Quebec, who decides to go on a lengthy and arduous journey--in perhaps the most desolate, dangerous land in the world--to assist in the conversion of the heathen savages. Accompanied by members of the Algonkian tribe, he participates in their strenuous canoe journey down the river, is tormented by illness and by the savages' (the author's word) sorcerer, gets lost, witnesses their hunting and camping rituals, is captured and tortured by another tribe, escapes, and finally gets to his destination.