How Canada Was Won: A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec

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How Canada Was Won: A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec

by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

EN·~9 hours·23 chapters

Chapters

23 total
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Transcriber's Note

0:18
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How Canada was Won A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec

0:28
3

Illustrations

0:01
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Chapter I The Camp on the River

23:34
5

Chapter II French Outlaws and Robbers

26:00
6

Chapter III Flight by Night

26:05
7

Chapter IV Steve makes a Suggestion

25:11
8

Chapter V Jules Lapon is Disappointed

26:21
9

Chapter VI Left in Charge

25:26
10

Chapter VII The Alleghany Raiders

26:15

Description

In the smoky glow of a river camp, a seasoned woodsman named Jim—known as “Hunting Jim”—polishes his trusty musket, the only companion that has seen him through countless hunts and skirmishes. Beside him sit two strangers: a proud, painted Red Indian named Silver Fox and his silent partner, the pale‑faced youth called Steve, whose keen eyes earn him the nickname “Hawk.” Their quiet conversation over crackling meat hints at recent patrols, reports of vanished enemies, and a river that is beginning to run clear.

Together they form an uneasy alliance, bridging frontier hardiness and indigenous knowledge, as rumors of a French expedition under General Wolfe stir the air. The men prepare to trace the enemy’s track toward the headwaters, while tensions rise between native customs and the looming imperial ambition that threatens the valley. As the fire dwindles, listeners are drawn into a world where loyalty is tested, survival depends on both steel and respect, and the first step toward a larger conflict is about to be taken.

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en

Duration

~9 hours (527K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by sp1nd, Richard J. Shiffer and the Distributed Proofreading volunteers at http://www.pgdp.net for Project Gutenberg. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

Release date

2013-07-30

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

1872–1957

A British Army medical officer who turned his wartime experience into brisk adventure stories, he became known to generations of young readers as Captain F. S. Brereton. His books roam across imperial battlefields, frontier campaigns, and early modern wars with plenty of action and momentum.

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