{"product_id":"the-adventure-of-leonard-broadus-paperback","title":"The Adventure of Leonard Broadus - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJen Rubio\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFrederick Philip Grove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In publishing Frederick Philip Grove's \u003ci\u003eThe Adventure of Leonard Broadus\u003c\/i\u003e, Rock's Mills Press has brought to light a boys' adventure novel that some will regard as a Canadian classic. Recommended.\" -- Ruth Latta, \u003ci\u003eCM\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This novel is a fast-paced action adventure in which a thirteen-year-old boy, Leonard Broadus, works with the police to detect and capture a gang of thieves who are operating near the Lake Erie shoreline of Ontario in the 1930s. Leonard uses the skills of a farmboy in attempting to avoid capture by an unknown enemy and the intuition of a detective to solve what appears to be a mystery without an answer. The author, Frederick Phillip Grove, tells a tale which features the towns and topography of the area just north of the Lake Erie shoreline and the ambiance of the Depression of the 1930s and connects young Leonard Broadus with the visit, and the persons, of the King and Queen in their visit to Toronto and Niagara Falls in 1939.\" --John Passfield, author of \u003ci\u003ePinafore Park\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederick Philip Grove (1871-1948) wrote a single children's novel in his lifetime, a gripping tale of survival, resourcefulness, and intrigue set in Depression-era Ontario. The novel was first published in 1939 as installments in a church magazine, heavily redacted and poorly publicized. \u003ci\u003eThe Adventure of Leonard Broadus\u003c\/i\u003e is now available here, in Grove's original composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe coming-of-age story begins with a robbery and a runaway raft adventure. In the style of classic children's literature like \u003ci\u003eSwallows and Amazons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, the danger that follows soon begins to feel very real. The fast-moving and very readable narrative depicts Leonard's resourcefulness and endurance, qualities that enable him to survive some alarming circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrove was a first-rate writer and story-teller, with keen abilities as a realist. He was also a man of many sides who had emigrated to Canada from a dark past in Europe. Ontario in the late 1930s is depicted as a very different society than today, with impoverished \"hobos\" travelling the countryside. Leonard's adventure may well recall some of Grove's own early travels in the new world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederick Philip Grove was one of Canada's most prolific authors. His autobiography, \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Myself\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Governor-General's Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.5 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468473843890,"sku":"9781772440041","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9de8eae482a52abe5043f2ecfe0ff5cc.webp?v=1779051726","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-adventure-of-leonard-broadus-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}