The Fighting Governor : A Chronicle of Frontenac

"The Fighting Governor : A Chronicle of Frontenac" by Charles W. Colby is a historical story about Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac, who was governor of New France. It tells about the challenges of running a colony in Canada during the late 1600s. The story shows Frontenac's relationships with important people and the problems he solved while governing. The book starts in 1672, when Canada was still developing as a colony. Frontenac came to Quebec when the government was very organized and focused on royal power. The early parts of the book describe the relationships between the governor, the bishop, and the intendant. The narrative emphasizes Frontenac's conflicts, his background as a soldier, and his goals for exploration, along with political problems like trading fur and dealing with native people, and paints a picture of Frontenac as a strong leader in a time of difficult colonial issues.