Big Timber
A Timber Camp Romance of Labor, Capital, and Industrial Expansion in the British Columbia WildernessBy Bertrand William Sinclair
Length9h 18m
About this audiobook
Bertrand William Sinclair's *Big Timber* is a vigorous western novel of the early twentieth century, combining romance, adventure, and social conflict against the expansive landscape of the American Northwest. Its narrative draws upon the worlds of ranching, timber, speculation, and frontier settlement, where individual aspiration collides with economic power and the demands of community. Sinclair's prose is direct and highly visual, marked by brisk dialogue, physical action, and an attentive rendering of landscape. In this respect, the book belongs to the tradition of regional and popular western fiction while also reflecting the period's growing interest in the transformation of the frontier by corporations, transportation, and modern commerce. The wilderness is not merely scenic background but a force shaping character, ethics, and destiny. Sinclair was a prolific Anglo-Canadian writer whose experience of the western environment informed much of his fiction. He wrote with the authority of an observer familiar with ranch life, frontier labor, and the practical hardships of settlement, rather than treating the West as a purely mythic space. His work frequently examines the tension between self-reliance and social obligation, masculine adventure and domestic stability, and individual freedom and organized economic interests. These concerns help explain the balanced mixture of romance and realism that gives *Big Timber* its distinctive character. Readers interested in western literature, regional realism, and the cultural history of North American expansion will find *Big Timber* especially rewarding. It offers an accessible adventure story while inviting reflection on land, labor, power, and the costs of modernization. Sinclair's energetic storytelling and nuanced sense of place make the novel a valuable example of early twentieth-century frontier fiction.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (18)
Includes Goodreads
GenreAction and Adventure
Length9 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Rustler of Wind River (Annotated)
2Chapter I. Green Fields and Pastures New
3Chapter II. Mr. Abbey Arrives
4Chapter III. Halfway Point
5Chapter IV. A Foretaste of Things to Come
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6Chapter V. The Toll of Big Timber
7Chapter VI. The Dignity (?) of Toil
8Chapter VII. Some Neighborly Assistance
9Chapter VIII. Durance Vile
10Chapter IX. Jack Fyfe's Camp
11Chapter X. One Way Out
12Chapter XI. The Plunge
13Chapter XII. And So They Were Married
14Chapter XIII. In Which Events Mark Time
15Chapter XIV. A Close Call and a New Acquaintance
16Chapter XV. A Resurrection
17Chapter XVI. The Crisis
18Chapter XVII. In Which There Is a Further Clash
19Chapter XVIII. The Opening Gun
20Chapter XIX. Free as the Wind
21Chapter XX. Echoes
22Chapter XXI. An Unexpected Meeting
23Chapter XXII. The Fire Behind the Smoke
24Chapter XXIII. A Ride by Night
25Chapter XXIV. "Out of the Night That Covers Me"
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