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.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
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
26Chapter XXIV
2Forest, Lake and Prairie
27Chapter XXV
3Chapter I
28Chapter XXVI
4Chapter II
29Chapter XXVII
5Chapter III
30Chapter XXVIII
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6Chapter IV
31Chapter XXIX
7Chapter V
32Chapter XXX
8Chapter VI
33Chapter XXXI
9Chapter VII
34Chapter XXXII
10Chapter VIII
35Chapter XXXIII
11Chapter IX
36Chapter XXXIV
12Chapter X
37Chapter XXXV
13Chapter XI
38Chapter XXXVI
14Chapter XII
39Chapter XXXVII
15Chapter XIII
40Chapter XXXVIII
16Chapter XIV
41Chapter XXXIX
17Chapter XV
42Chapter XL
18Chapter XVI
43Chapter XLI
19Chapter XVII
44Chapter XLII
20Chapter XVIII
45Chapter XLIII
21Chapter XIX
46Chapter XLIV
22Chapter XX
47Saddle, Sled and Snowshoe
23Chapter XXI
48Chapter I
24Chapter XXII
49Chapter II
25Chapter XXIII
50Chapter III
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