THE BRIDGE OF THE GODS (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Western Classic - A Tragic Love Story Set in the Beautiful Indian Oregon in the midst of the Native American Fight for SurvivalBy Frederic Homer Balch
Length7h 59m
About this audiobook
The Bridge of the Gods is a pioneering historical romance of the Pacific Northwest, weaving Indigenous legend, frontier memory, and nineteenth-century romantic narrative into a dramatic account of the Columbia River country before European settlement. Centered on the legendary natural bridge across the Columbia and the rivalries, devotions, and prophecies surrounding it, the novel combines melodramatic plotting with earnest ethnographic curiosity. Its elevated diction, scenic grandeur, and mythic imagination place it within the tradition of American regional romance, while the illustrations reinforce its ambition to render Oregon's landscape as both history and sacred story. Frederic Homer Balch (1861–1891), an Oregon-born clergyman and writer, was unusually positioned to shape such a work. Raised in the Pacific Northwest and attentive to its landscapes, legends, and pioneer culture, he sought to give his region a literary past comparable to that of the older American East. His brief life and ministerial sensibility inform the book's moral seriousness, spiritual symbolism, and fascination with cultural encounter. Readers interested in early Western American literature, regional mythmaking, or the imaginative origins of Pacific Northwest identity will find this novel rewarding. Though marked by the assumptions of its era, it remains a significant and evocative work.
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
Rating★★★★ 3.9 (414)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Fairy Tales and Folklore
Length7 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 19, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Preface
3Book I. The Apostle to the Indians
4Chapter I. The New England Meeting
5Chapter II. The Minister’s Home
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6Chapter III. A Darkened Fireside
7Chapter IV. The Council of Ordination
8Chapter V. Into Trackless Wilds
9Book II. The Opening of the Drama
10Chapter I. Shall the Great Council be Held?
11Chapter II. The War-Chief and the Seer
12Chapter III. Wallulah
13Chapter IV. Sending Out the Runners
14Book III. The Gathering of the Tribes
15Chapter I. The Broken Peace-Pipe
16Chapter II. On the Way to the Council
17Chapter III. The Great Camp on the Island
18Chapter IV. An Indian Trial
19Chapter V. Sentenced to the Wolf-Death
20Book IV. The Love Tale
21Chapter I. The Indian Town
22Chapter II. The White Woman in the Wood
23Chapter III. Cecil and the War-Chief
24Chapter IV. Archery and Gambling
25Chapter V. A Dead Queen’s Jewels
26Chapter VI. The Twilight Tale
27Chapter VII. Orator Against Orator
28Chapter VIII. In the Dark
29Chapter IX. Questioning the Dead
30Book V. The Shadow of the End
31Chapter I. The Hand of the Great Spirit
32Chapter II. The Marriage and the Breaking Up
33Chapter III. At the Cascades
34Chapter IV. Multnomah’s Death-Canoe
35Chapter V. As was Writ in the Book of Fate
36Memorable Quotes
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