
BULLDOG CARNEY - By W. A. Fraser
1919
BULLDOG CARNEY
I.—BULLDOG CARNEY
II.—BULLDOG CARNEY'S ALIBI
III.—OWNERS UP
IV.—THE GOLD WOLF
V.—SEVEN BLUE DOVES
VI.—EVIL SPIRITS
Set against the muddy streets of early‑twentieth‑century Edmonton, the story opens with Cameron, a quiet, uneasy newcomer, watching the chaotic life of the Alberta Hotel from the boardwalk. He watches rough‑spoken fur traders, a tin‑whistle piper, and a sudden, tense entrance by a lone rider on a buckskin horse whose name—Bulldog Carney—stops the room in its tracks. The bar erupts in bawdy humor and clashing tempers, painting a vivid picture of a town teetering between lawlessness and fleeting camaraderie.
Amid the din, a hulking figure named Jack Wolf arrives, his fierce stare promising both strength and danger. As the Salvation Army band blares and drunken insults fly, the fragile peace shatters, hinting at a brewing conflict that will test loyalties and survival. Listeners are drawn into a gritty, fast‑moving world where every shout and gunshot could change the balance of power on the frontier.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (403K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive
Release date
2014-06-10
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1859–1933
Adventure, wilderness, and far-flung experience shaped this Canadian storyteller's fiction. His books drew on years spent prospecting and traveling, giving his tales of animals, the Canadian West, and India a lived-in sense of action and place.
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