Whistle on the Wind
**By Nan Shipley**
**The characters are fictious but thestory is based on actual historical events in Canada, including the construction of the Hudson Bay Railway. The story takes place in the Canadian North**
**Newlywed Lyn Bishop moves from civilization to the wilds of northern Manitoba to be with her husband, Don Bishop, who is helping build the Hudson Bay Railway. As she adapts to the extreme hardships of her new life, a variety of characters become woven into the fabric of her existence: Johnny, who falls in love with Lyn and then marries a spoiled woman to ease his broken heart; Pauline, Johnny's wife, who stirs up as much unhappiness and tragedy as she can; Marie, Lyn's close friend, who has suffered the loss of a child ; and Gus, who has a grudge against Lyn's husband and tries to take it out on Lyn; and Lyn's husband whose love of the railroad causes Lyn to be jealous until she realizes how much Don needs her**
**Hardback with dust jacket**
**Pages have yellowed, dust jacket has wear and small tears, binding is intact and firm**
**Mrs. Shipley also wrote Anna and the Indians and The Scarlet Lily**
**A romantic novel that will lead the reader into an enjoyable history lesson**
**Includes a message from the author**
**221 pages**
**Published by Frederick Fell, Inc., New York**
**Published simultaneously in Canada by The Ryerson Press, Toronto**
B-82322191
