It ran for 67 episodes over four seasons, from 1994 to 1999. Structurally, northwest passage is divided into halves. Bruce guthro, damhnait doyle, stuart cameron duration. Northwest passage by kenneth roberts, first edition abebooks. Paul gross ride forever due south hd with the unforgettable leslie nielsen in a fave recurring role. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading northwest passage birthright book 2. Northwest passage nwp, that the waters of the arctic archipelago. Here is a fine blend of natural history, of human history, and of political history. Northwest passage 24 stan rogers from the album northwest passage 1981 fogartys cove music inc. Borders and borderlands in the canadian arctic region. Later in 2006 former united states ambassador to canada, paul cellucci. Paul, minnesotathe great pacific railroad travelling. Benton fraser was portrayed by canadian actor paul gross who.
Fraser once tells of the many books his grandparents gave him for his. Downton abbey script book season 1 julian fellowes. The first commercial cargo ship to have sailed through the northwest passage was ss manhattan in august 1969. Paul michael gross, oc born april 30, 1959 is a canadian actor, producer, director, singer, and writer born in calgary, alberta. Told through the eyes of primary character langdon towne, much of the novel follows the exploits and character of robert rogers, the leader of rogers rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the british during the french and indian war. Due south was a canadian crime comedy drama television series created by paul haggis. The most successful british television drama of our time, the multiawardwinning downton abbey has become a national phenomenon in the u.
Paul gross benton fraser and draco diefenbaker from due south tandem. Northwest passage is an a cappella song written by stan rogers. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. He lives in a dangerous neighbourhood at apartment 3j. Paul gross was born in calgary in 1959 but, since his father was in the military, spent much of his youth in germany, the united kingdom and the united states. Anthems and nationalistic songs of canada wikipedia. Funeral home services for paul are being provided by westgor funeral home neenah, and neenahs westgor funeral home. It was the basis for the 1940 movie northwest passage, starring spencer tracy.
Its an extended modernizing of shakespeares hamlet, only the prince in this case is a canadian mountie, sent to chicago to pursue his fathers killers, haunted by his fathers ghost. Paul michael gross born april 30, 1959 is a canadian actor, producer, director, singer and writer born in calgary, alberta. Contrast between california and british columbiagross misrepresentations. Told through the eyes of primary character langdon towne, much of this novel centers around the exploits and character of robert rogers, the leader of rogers rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the british during the french and indian war. A total of 67 episodes aired over the course of four seasons, from 1994 to 1999. The best rated item with paul gross on netflix is pirates passage and appeared on screen in 2015. Ray and fraser get stuck in an ice crevasse and fraser sings northwest passage. The character is portrayed by canadian actor paul gross. Paul gross has 15 books on goodreads with 1111 ratings. Paul s wisdom through the oftenquoted passage from his story in a. The second half of the book follows major rogers further career in england and on the northwest frontier. Due south is a canadian television police comedydrama, created by paul haggis, produced by alliance communications, and starring paul gross, david marciano, and latterly callum keith rennie.
In 2004, the canadian actor paul gross starred in a madefortv drama entitled h2o. This first half of the book is easily the most interesting, rich in fairly accurate detail about rogers leadership and the audacious heroism of his rangers. Born and raised in the northwest territories, he works as deputy liaison officer at the. List of books and articles about northwest passage. The law of the sea convention and the northwest passage. Ss manhattan, of 115,000 deadweight tonnage, was the largest commercial vessel ever to navigate the northwest passage the largest passenger ship to navigate the northwest passage was the cruise liner crystal serenity of gross tonnage 69,000. Xx111 discovery of a northwest passage by sea, as the shortest route to. See more ideas about due south, callum keith rennie and favorite tv shows. Ive always been a nut about american indians, reading almost everything in libraries from elementary school through high school. Find books like northwest passage from the worlds largest community of readers. Northwest passage is one of the bestknown songs by canadian musician stan rogers. Fraser and kowalski pursue an arms dealer to the yukon, where they trek across dangerous ice fields to intercept a mysterious arms shipment. Benton fraser born 1962 is a constable of the royal canadian mounted police. The actual existence of the northwest passage had been proved, and the long search was over.
Take a book from the shelf without checking it out. Set in chicago, the show follows the adventures of constable benton fraser paul gross, a mountie of the royal canadian mounted police rcmp. It is not to be confused with the big band tune of the same name by ralph burns. Paul michael gross born april 30, 1959, is a canadian actor, producer, director, singer and writer born in calgary, alberta. The northwest passage nwp is an ice laded sea route linking the. Holy tears by tara maclean, northwest passage by stan rogers. The appeal of this show is very difficult to put into a few paragraphs. Over the last month weve been extremely touched by the wonderful support that weve received from customers, authors, publishers, and others. Northwest passage is a 12 x 9 hardcover childrens book that is illustrated by matt james. True stories, named one of chaptersindigos best books of 2010, and selected for best american comics 2012, northwest passage which was nominated for eisner, harvey, shuster, and doug wright awards, and the three. It has been postulated that northwest passage would have won robert a pulitzer prize had that not gone to the good earth, published the same year. It turned out he was an indian aficionado, too, with the french and indian war 1754.
Northwest passage by kenneth roberts, first edition abebooks passion for books. Benton fraser born 1962 is a fictional character in the television series due south. Paul gross ride forever due south hd love this song and just discovered this tv show from canada. Northwest passage by kenneth roberts and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Read lost beneath the ice the story of hms investigator by andrew cohen available from rakuten kobo. Set in chicago, the show follows the adventures of. An a cappella song, it features rogers alone singing the verses, with several guest vocalists harmonizing with him in the chorus. Created by julian felloweswho received an academy award for his screenplay for the. Northwest passage is an historical novel by kenneth roberts, published in 1937. He is known for his lead role as constable benton fraser in the television series due south as well as his 2008 war film. Discover the illuissat icefjord, a unesco world heritage site.
Many of you have made contributions, bought books online, or purchased gift certificates for use when we reopen. Paul gross and david keeley ride forever due south. Born and raised in the northwest territories, he works as deputy liaison officer at the canadian consulate in the american city of chicago. Unilateral pollution control in the northwest passage. Scott chantler is the acclaimed cartoonist of the graphic novels two generals which was longlisted for cbcs canada reads. Two generals by scott chantler goodreads share book.
I agree with oneiros that paul gross is seriously underrated and always wonderful. The northwest passage is the sea route to the pacific ocean through the arctic. He has two children, jack who had a house party recently and spilled stuff all over his basement carpet and hannah, with fellow actor martha burns whom he married in 1987. Awardwinning artist matt james takes the iconic song northwest passage by legendary canadian songwriter and singer stan rogers and tells the dramatic story of the search for the elusive route through the arctic ocean to the pacific, which for hundreds of years and once again today, nations, explorers and commercial. Goodreads members who liked northwest passage also liked. Joining forces with thatcher, turnbull and buck frobishers legendary northern detachment, fraser and kowalski take on the buyerscyrus bolt and his. Bob fraser returned to the afterlife to be reunited with his wife after finally bringing her killer to justice, ray got married and settled down with faux rays exwife, and benton and faux ray set off together to find the northwest passage. Books by paul gross author of hyena road goodreads. When sir john franklin disappeared in the arctic in the 1840s, the british admiralty launched the largest rescue mission.
Northwest passage was one of my favorites as a teen, but i hadnt give it a thought in more than twoscore. Paul gross passed away on january 19, 2020 at the age of 91 in neenah, wisconsin. James drew his inspiration for his book from the song northwest passage, written. The following is excerpted from his new book, which is available now. Northwest passage birthright book 2 kindle edition by partlow, rick. Winner of the governor generals literary award for childrens illustration. Within the first ten years the book had run through eight editions. The song appears on an album of the same name released by rogers in 1981, and is considered one of the classic songs in canadian music history. Lost beneath the ice ebook by andrew cohen rakuten kobo. With paul gross, callum keith rennie, beau starr, camilla scott. Since i became hooked on due south i have been looking for other things that paul has appeared in and thanks to this web site and the links i dont feel like im missing out on anything.