Bertrand W. Sinclair

Bertrand W. Sinclair
Bertrand W. Sinclair was a Canadian-born writer known for his vivid and adventurous novels often set in the American and Canadian West. He gained popularity in the early 20th century with works like "Raw Gold" and "Big Timber," which depicted the challenges of frontier life and the complexities of human relationships in rugged landscapes. Sinclair's writing often reflected his personal experiences as a rancher and sailor, bringing authenticity to his depictions of the wilderness. His works contributed to the Western genre, blending action with deeper social commentary.

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CHAPTER I GREEN FIELDS AND PASTURES NEW The Imperial Limited lurched with a swing around the last hairpin curve of the Yale canyon. Ahead opened out a timbered valley,—narrow on its floor, flanked with bold mountains, but nevertheless a valley,—down which the rails lay straight and shining on an easy grade. The river that for a hundred miles had boiled and snarled parallel to the tracks, roaring... more...

CHAPTER I THE FIRST PROBLEM Lone Moose snaked its way through levels of woodland and open stretches of meadow, looping sinuously as a sluggish python—a python that rested its mouth upon the shore of Lake Athabasca while its tail was lost in a great area of spruce forest and poplar groves, of reedy sloughs and hushed lakes far northward. The waterways of the North are its highways. There are no... more...

CHAPTER I Hollister stood in the middle of his room, staring at the door without seeing the door, without seeing the bulky shadow his body cast on the wall in the pale glow of a single droplight. He was seeing everything and seeing nothing; acutely, quiveringly conscious and yet oblivious to his surroundings by reason of the poignancy of his thought. A feeling not far short of terror had folded itself... more...