On Potato Mountain

On Thanksgiving of '58, rancher Bordy Hanlon is gunned down in his living room. His adopted son, Noah, is charged with his murder. Stan Hewitt, an alcoholic lawyer from Williams Lake, defends the young man before a white jury and later before a Native circle of elders. On Potato Mountain is not only a tale of love and mystery, but is also a story of a remarkable land and its people.

On Thanksgiving of '58, rancher Bordy Hanlon is gunned down in his living room. His adopted son, Noah, is charged with his murder. Stan Hewitt, an alcoholic lawyer from Williams Lake, defends the young man before a white jury and later before a Native circle of elders. On Potato Mountain is not only a tale of love and mystery, but is also a story of a remarkable land and its people.

Bruce Fraser is a retired trial lawyer who practiced law in the Interior of BC and Vancouver, representing Native clients. He is the author of the novel, On Potato Mountain. He has won short story awards for his works published in the lawyers’ magazine, The Advocate. He now lives in Kitsilano and vacations in Lac La Hache in the Cariboo. The Jade Frog is his second novel of the trilogy on the mysteries of the Chilcotin.