Settling the Wild – Pioneering on Western Trails (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. True Tales of Early Homesteading and a Frontier Life in the Canadian WildernessBy John McDougall
Length31h 6m
About this audiobook
Settling the Wild – Pioneering on Western Trails presents the western frontier as both lived experience and historical transformation. Blending memoir, travel narrative, missionary record, and pioneer chronicle, the book follows the arduous movement across plains, rivers, forests, and emerging settlements. Its prose is direct, observational, and morally purposeful, typical of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century frontier writing, yet it is enriched by vivid attention to landscape, hardship, Indigenous encounters, and the fragile institutions of settlement. John McDougall was a Methodist missionary, frontiersman, and eyewitness to the rapid reshaping of western Canada. Raised within a missionary family and active among First Nations communities, fur-trade outposts, and settler populations, he wrote from intimate knowledge rather than distant speculation. His life placed him at the intersection of evangelism, colonial expansion, transportation, and cultural contact, all of which inform the book's perspective and its tensions. This volume is recommended to readers interested in frontier history, Canadian expansion, missionary literature, and the narrative construction of the West. While modern readers should approach its assumptions critically, the book remains a valuable primary witness to pioneering life and the ambitions, dangers, and contradictions of settlement.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length31 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 28, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
79Chapter VII
2Forest, Lake and Prairie
80Chapter VIII
3Chapter I
81Chapter IX
4Chapter II
82Chapter X
5Chapter III
83Chapter XI
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6Chapter IV
84Chapter XII
7Chapter V
85Chapter XIII
8Chapter VI
86Chapter XIV
9Chapter VII
87Chapter XV
10Chapter VIII
88Chapter XVI
11Chapter IX
89Chapter XVII
12Chapter X
90Chapter XVIII
13Chapter XI
91Chapter XIX
14Chapter XII
92Chapter XX
15Chapter XIII
93Chapter XXI
16Chapter XIV
94Chapter XXII
17Chapter XV
95Chapter XXIII
18Chapter XVI
96Chapter XXIV
19Chapter XVII
97Chapter XXV
20Chapter XVIII
98Chapter XXVI
21Chapter XIX
99Chapter XXVII
22Chapter XX
100In the Days of the Red River Rebellion
23Chapter XXI
101Chapter I
24Chapter XXII
102Chapter II
25Chapter XXIII
103Chapter III
26Chapter XXIV
104Chapter IV
27Chapter XXV
105Chapter V
28Chapter XXVI
106Chapter VI
29Chapter XXVII
107Chapter VII
30Chapter XXVIII
108Chapter VIII
31Chapter XXIX
109Chapter IX
32Chapter XXX
110Chapter X
33Chapter XXXI
111Chapter X
34Chapter XXXII
112Chapter XII
35Chapter XXXIII
113Chapter XIII
36Chapter XXXIV
114Chapter XIV
37Chapter XXXV
115Chapter XV
38Chapter XXXVI
116Chapter XVI
39Chapter XXXVII
117Chapter XVII
40Chapter XXXVIII
118Chapter XVIII
41Chapter XXXIX
119Chapter XIX
42Chapter XL
120On Western Trails in the Early Seventies
43Chapter XLI
121Chapter I
44Chapter XLII
122Chapter II
45Chapter XLIII
123Chapter III
46Chapter XLIV
124Chapter IV
47Saddle, Sled and Snowshoe
125Chapter V
48Chapter I
126Chapter VI
49Chapter II
127Chapter VII
50Chapter III
128Chapter VIII
51Chapter IV
129Chapter IX
52Chapter V
130Chapter X
53Chapter VI
131Chapter XI
54Chapter VII
132Chapter XII
55Chapter VIII
133Chapter XIII
56Chapter IX
134Chapter XIV
57Chapter X
135Chapter XV
58Chapter XI
136Chapter XVI
59Chapter XII
137Chapter XVII
60Chapter XIII
138Chapter XVIII
61Chapter XIV
139Chapter XIX
62Chapter XV
140Chapter XX
63Chapter XVI
141Chapter XXI
64Chapter XVII
142Chapter XXII
65Chapter XVIII
143Chapter XXIII
66Chapter XIX
144Chapter XXIV
67Chapter XX
145Chapter XXV
68Chapter XXI
146Chapter XXVI
69Chapter XXII
147Chapter XXVII
70Chapter XXIII
148Chapter XXVIII
71Chapter XXIV
149Chapter XXIX
72Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie
150Chapter XXX
73Chapter I
151Chapter XXXI
74Chapter II
152Chapter XXXII
75Chapter III
153Chapter XXXIII
76Chapter IV
154Chapter XXXIV
77Chapter V
155Chapter XXXV
78Chapter VI
156Memorable Quotes
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