Kenneth Roberts

Movies

Fury River
Novel
Rogers Rangers fight the French & Indians in Canada while searching for a waterway which will lead to this ocean.
Frontier Rangers
Novel
A pastiche of three episodes from the 1958 TV series Northwest Passage, stitched together as a feature and released theatrically in Europe.
Lydia Bailey
Novel
A young Boston lawyer, Albron Hamlin, goes to Haiti in 1802 to find Lydia Bailey, whose estate he must settle. The island is war-torn in the strife between Toussaing L'Overture, the black president, and the French who are trying to retake possession of the country. Hamlin finds Lydia and, against the background of war and rebellion, they fall in love while helping the Haitians against the French.
Captain Caution
Novel
When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
Northwest Passage
Novel
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.