Project Gutenberg 2009-05-24 Public domain in the USA. 157 Roberts, Charles G. D., Sir 1860 1943 Roberts, Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir Roberts, Sir Charles G. D. The Backwoodsmen Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. The vagrants of the barren -- Macphairrson's happy family -- On Big Lonely -- From buck to bear and back -- In the deep of the snow -- The gentling of Red McWha -- Melindy and the lynxes -- Mrs. Gammit's pig -- The blackwater pot -- The iron edge of winter -- The grip in deep hole -- The nest of the mallard -- Mrs. Gammit and the porcupines -- The battle in the mist -- Melindy and the spring bear. Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Backwoodsmen" by Charles G. D. Roberts is a collection of nature-focused fictional stories written in the early 20th century. This work explores the lives of woodsmen and their interactions with the wilderness, primarily following characters who exhibit resilience against the harshness of nature. The opening chapter introduces Pete Noël, a woodsman who faces the dire consequences of his cabin burning down in the snowy wilderness and sets the tone for themes of survival and human ingenuity in the face of adversity. At the start of the book, we find Pete Noël abruptly waking to the horrifying sight of his cabin engulfed in flames. Rushing out, he manages to escape with his belongings but soon realizes he must fend for himself in the deep snow without food or shelter. Despite this, he maintains a philosophical outlook, appreciating the simple survival aspects of being alive. As he struggles through frigid conditions, he shows his ingenuity by creating a fire to melt snow for drinking water and attempting to hunt caribou. The opening not only sets up his immediate struggle but also foreshadows a deeper exploration of human resilience against nature's uncompromising forces throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, Canadian Canadian fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 440754 2024-10-12T12:27:52.776237 2023-09-13T04:05:29.305048 text/html text/html 451958 2021-01-05T03:46:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 538690 2021-01-05T03:46:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 621000 2024-10-12T12:28:02.048195 application/epub+zip 624992 2024-10-12T12:27:56.199203 application/epub+zip 228056 2024-10-12T12:27:54.824229 application/epub+zip 819437 2024-10-12T12:28:06.613149 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 806758 2024-10-12T12:28:01.205206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404390 2022-09-13T12:22:09.438481 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389965 389881 2024-10-12T12:27:51.689213 2023-09-13T04:05:28.456031 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 389748 2021-01-05T03:46:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 151291 2021-01-05T03:46:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 389739 2021-01-05T03:46:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 151255 2021-01-05T03:46:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22346 2024-10-12T12:28:06.805137 application/rdf+xml 14387 2024-10-12T12:27:55.380243 image/jpeg 3660 2024-10-12T12:27:55.101196 image/jpeg 618343 2024-10-12T12:27:52.832216 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia