Hulbert Footner

Hulbert Footner
Charles Hulbert Footner (1879–1944) was a Canadian-born author known for his adventure novels and mystery stories. He gained fame with his books like "New Rivers of the North," which detailed his explorations of northern Canada, and "The Fur Bringers," an adventure novel set in the Canadian wilderness. Footner also wrote a series of detective novels featuring Madame Rosika Storey, a female sleuth, in books such as "The Doctor Who Held Hands." In addition to fiction, Footner authored travelogues and historical works, contributing significantly to early 20th-century Canadian literature.

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The Huntress

The Huntress

by: Hulbert Footner
CHAPTER I From within the teepee of Charley Whitefish issued the sounds of a family brawl. It was of frequent occurrence in this teepee. Men at the doors of other lodges, engaged in cleaning their guns, or in other light occupations suitable to the manly dignity, shrugged with strong scorn for the man who could not keep his women in order. With the shrugs went warning glances toward their own laborious... more...
The Woman from Outside [on Swan River]

The Woman from Outside [on Swan River]

by: Hulbert Footner
THE WOMAN FROM OUTSIDE CHAPTER I THE WHITE MEDICINE MAN On a January afternoon, as darkness was beginning to gather, the “gang” sat around the stove in the Company store at Fort Enterprise discussing that inexhaustible question, the probable arrival of the mail. The big lofty store, with its glass front, its electric lights, its stock of expensive goods set forth on varnished shelves, suggested a... more...
The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest

The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest

by: Hulbert Footner
CHAPTER I. JUNE FEVER. The firm of Minot & Doane sat on the doorsill of its store on LakeMiwasa smoking its after-supper pipes. It was seven o'clock of a brilliant day in June. The westering sun shone comfortably on the world, and a soft breeze kept the mosquitoes at bay. Moreover, the tobacco was of the best the store afforded; yet there was no peace between the two. They bickered like... more...
The Deaves Affair

The Deaves Affair

by: Hulbert Footner
CHAPTER I A PENNY CHANGE Evan Weir's pipe was foul; he threw it down with an exclamation of disgust. Its foulness was symbolic; everything was out of kilter. He looked at the picture he had been painting for a week—rotten! It was a still life; a broken jar and three books on a rag of Persian embroidery. Picking up his pen-knife he deliberately cut the canvas out of the stretcher, and setting a... more...
Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest

Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest

by: Hulbert Footner
IN PAPPS'S RESTAURANT The interior of Papps's, like most Western restaurants, was divided into a double row of little cabins with a passage between, each cabin having a swing door. Garth Pevensey found the place very full; and he was ushered into a cubby-hole which already contained two diners, a man and a woman nearing the end of their meal. They appeared to be incoming settlers of the... more...