Joseph Boyden

Joseph Boyden: TORONTO - Acclaimed author Joseph Boyden says his highly anticipated new novel, "The Orenda," closes a chapter on a goal he's had his entire life. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. It's a rich period of history Boyden who has Irish, Scottish and Metis roots has been fascinated with since childhood, when he learned about it as a student at Toronto's Jesuit-run Brebeuf College School. Author Joseph Boyden is shown in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Penguin Canada On sale Tuesday, the story is an arresting fictional look at the sometimes brutal conflict between the Jesuits, the Huron-Wendat Nation and the Iroquois in the New World of the mid-1600s. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.