JIM KJELDSEN Knihy

Father Ignatius Oosterhoff, the rector of a failing seminary on the banks of the Ohio River in Angel, Ohio, gets more than he bargained for when the schools national advertisements for a new type of student draws a beach bum from California, Sylvester Ammons, who is secretly on the run from the law. It soon becomes apparent that he doesnt fit in, especially when his girlfriend has an abortion. However, he witnesses a murder at the school and joins forces with Father Oosterhoff to solve the crime. Together, they both become something other than what they were when they started out, and change the school in the process.

Dr. John McLoughlin presided like a feudal king out of Fort Vancouver on the lower Columbia River during the fur-trading era. In the days when the Oregon Territory was governed jointly by the U.S. and Britain, he was the sole governor over an area that covered one-twelfth of the Earth's surface. After an epidemic reached Vancouver in summer 1830, killing 90 percent of the native population, only one person remained who was capable of governing in the absence of the native chiefs. That was Dr. John, who assisted settlers coming across the Oregon Trail and became known as the "Father of Oregon." As a result, he was fired by the Hudson's Bay Company, which wanted to push out the Americans. His story is told through the eyes of his daughter, Marie Eloisa, who accompanied him as a little girl to Fort Vancouver and stayed with him until his death.