The Enemy I Kill

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The Enemy I Kill
(Totem Dream)
The enemy I kill by Alexander Knox.jpg
Cover of the 1974 Pan paperback edition
PublishedCanada and the UK, 1972;
US, 1973

The Enemy I Kill is a novel by Canadian actor and author Alexander Knox, published in Canada and the United Kingdom in 1972. It was republished in the United States as Totem Dream in 1973. [1]

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This historical novel is set initially in Lake Erie during the spring of 1770 and follows the adventures of 17-year-old Calvin Heggie, his older friend, and two Indian girls, in the forests of Canada. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. WorldCat.
  2. Bickham, p. 113.
  3. Di Bartolomeo, p. 19.
  4. Dortmund, p. 43.

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