Northwest Passage
Novel by Kenneth RobertsWikipedia
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Oct 4, 2026
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
To begin with, let me say that my experience is limited to the method used by one particular dowser, Mr. Henry Gross, game warden of Biddeford, Maine, probably the country's best-known dowser.
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
Two books have been written about him by Kenneth Roberts, author of such bestsellers as Northwest Passage and Oliver Wiswell.
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
As a result of reading of Mr. Roberts' books on Henry Gross, I decided to employ him to find water on my farm, which is just outside Manchester, Vermont.
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
Shortly after I bought the farm in the fall of 1954, the spring that supplied all my water suddenly went dry.
Robert BallinGUEST
To begin with, let me say that my experience is limited to the method used by one particular dowser, Mr. Henry Gross, game warden of Biddeford, Maine, probably the country's best-known dowser.
Robert BallinGUEST
Two books have been written about him by Kenneth Roberts, author of such bestsellers as Northwest Passage and Oliver Wiswell.
Robert BallinGUEST
As a result of reading of Mr. Roberts' books on Henry Gross, I decided to employ him to find water on my farm, which is just outside Manchester, Vermont.
Robert BallinGUEST
Shortly after I bought the farm, in the fall of 1954, the spring that supplied all my water suddenly went dry.
Scott KestersonHOST
The standing orders version most people know today, the plain English numbered list, don't forget nothing, see the enemy first, tell the truth about what you see and what you do, isn't actually the original 1757 wording.
Scott KestersonHOST
It was condensed, modernized, paraphrased, written by a novelist, Kenneth Roberts, for his 1937 historical novel, Northwest Passage.
Scott KestersonHOST
So that's just some interesting context for that.
Scott KestersonHOST
But in principle, yes, they were adopted.