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Black Rock

It was due to a mysterious dispensation of Providence, and a good deal to Leslie Graeme, that I found myself in the heart of the Selkirks for my Christmas Eve as the year 1882 was dying. It had been my plan to spend my Christmas far away in Toronto, with such Bohemian and boon... Read Full Overview

Ich glaube, ich habe "Ralph Conner" getroffen. Tats chlich bin ich mir sicher, dass ich das getan habe - einmal in einem Kanu auf dem Red River, einmal auf dem Assinaboine und zwei- oder dreimal auf den Pr rien im Westen. Das war nicht der Name, den er mir gab, aber wenn ich... Read Full Overview

Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks, is many of the old classic books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten we republish these books in high quality, using... Read Full Overview

About the Author-Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon, or Ralph Connor, (September 13, 1860 - October 31, 1937) was a Canadian novelist, using the Connor pen name while maintaining his status as a Church leader, first in the Presbyterian and later the United churches in Canada. Gordon... Read Full Overview

The story of the book is true, and chief of the failures in the making of the book is this, that it is not all the truth. The light is not bright enough, the shadow is not black enough to give a true picture of that bit of Western life of which the writer was some small part... Read Full Overview