Lorimer of The Northwest (Illustrated)

by Harold Bindloss

Overview

Lorimer of The Northwest: Ralph Lorimer landed in Canada with one hundred pounds' of capital; not an auspicious start. His goal is to not only farm wheat, but to do it on a grand scale. Just how does he intend to do this with such a pittance to his name? Well, you see, by not spending it! And, moreover, adding to it. Ralph learned wheat-farming the hard way: from the ground up. But, by the time he reached Colonel Carrington's manor, and Carrington's daughter(!), he knew how to become a successful wheat farmer. That is not to say it was all peaches-and-cream; not by a long-shot. What kind of book would that be? We want action, danger and adventure along with romance and, fortunately, we get it all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9784714874102
Publisher:	Wise Owl Books
Publication date:	02/12/2022
Pages:	398
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

Harold Edward Bindloss (6 April 1866 – 30 December 1945) was an English novelist who wrote many adventure novels set mostly in western Canada, with some in West Africa and England. His writing was strongly based on his own experience, whether as a seaman, a dock worker, a farmer or a planter.

Bindloss’ first novel was Ainslie's Ju-Ju, set in West Africa which Truth described as "a book that has the double interest and excitement of a story and of a genuine record of travel and adventure mixed together judiciously." This was the first of nearly one hundred novels by Bindloss. The next, A Sower of Wheat, was set in Canada. This set the pattern for Bindloss, as most of his novels were set in Canada or West Africa. The Guardian refers to him as having two strings to his bow, stories set in Canada or West Africa, with the Canadian stories being remarkably superior (Wikipedia).