Sick Heart River

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Sick Heart River (1941) is a novel by Scottish author John Buchan set in Canada. It was published posthumously. The book was published in the United States under the title Mountain Meadow.

Plot summary

The plot is particularly poignant, since it discusses a terminally ill man, Edward Leithen, going off to die in a hidden valley in the Canadian wilderness.

Buchan wrote this while Governor General of Canada and Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh and it was published posthumously following his death as a result of a fall and stroke. It is one of Buchan's most spiritual novels, talking about death and redemption.

External links

Project Gutenberg Australia. "Sick Heart River (1941)". Retrieved 2010-10-17.
Review of Sick Heart River at the John Buchan Society website

John Buchan

Richard Hannay novels

Novels	The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) Greenmantle (1916) Mr Standfast (1919) The Three Hostages (1924) The Courts of the Morning (1929) The Island of Sheep (1936)

Characters	Peter Pienaar Sir Walter Bullivant

Adaptations	The 39 Steps (1935) The Three Hostages (1952) The 39 Steps (1959) The Three Hostages (1977) The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) Hannay (TV series) The 39 Steps (play) The 39 Steps (2008)

Edward Leithen novels

Other fiction

Prester John (1910)
Salute to Adventurers (1915)
Huntingtower (1922)
Midwinter (1923)
Witch Wood (1927)
Castle Gay (1930)
The House of the Four Winds (1935)
The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy (1984)

Non-fiction

Memory Hold-the-Door (1940)

Family

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