God's Country: The Trail to Happiness

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God's Country: The Trail to Happiness

by James Oliver Curwood

EN·~2 hours·6 chapters

Chapters

6 total
1

GOD’S COUNTRY The Trail to Happiness

0:27
2

The Four Trails to Happiness

0:04
3

The First Trail MY SECRET OF HAPPINESS

28:27
4

The Second Trail I BECOME A KILLER

26:22
5

The Third Trail MY BROTHERHOOD

32:50
6

The Fourth Trail THE ROAD TO FAITH

49:13

Description

In a remote woodland cabin, the narrator opens a night of storm to record his thoughts on happiness. Surrounded by wind‑swept spruce, a distant owl, and the steady patter of rain, he reflects on the simple satisfaction of building his own shelter and fire. This quiet setting becomes a lens through which he surveys the restless quest of humanity for spiritual certainty, questioning the myriad beliefs that rise and fall like the weather outside.

The book unfolds as a series of meditative sketches that blend personal observation with broader cultural commentary. It examines how people cling to new creeds, revive old rites, and chase elusive answers to the “Great Mystery” of life. Listeners are invited to share the author's contemplative journey, feeling the tug of the storm while pondering what true contentment might look like in a world forever searching.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (131K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Roger Frank, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Release date

2016-09-17

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

James Oliver Curwood

James Oliver Curwood

1878–1927

Adventure stories set in the far North made him one of America's bestselling writers of the 1910s and 1920s. He also became known for his strong interest in wildlife and conservation, bringing a sense of wilderness and danger to much of his fiction.

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