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C. F. Argyll Saxby
Adventure, frontier life, and far-off landscapes run through these early twentieth-century stories. Best known for tales set in western Canada, this writer also drew on experience that linked Britain, Australia, and the Canadian prairie.
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The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West
by C. F. Argyll Saxby
About the author
C. F. Argyll Saxby wrote boys' adventure fiction, including The Fiery Totem, Braves, White and Red, The Call of Honour, and The Settler of Serpent Creek. Project Gutenberg lists several of his works, and library records consistently connect his fiction with western Canada and other imperial frontiers.
Available reference sources suggest he was the son of writer Jessie M. Saxby, spent time on a homestead in the Qu'Appelle Valley in Canada, later returned to Britain and became a Church of England clergyman, and then lived for a time in Australia. AustLit also notes that he taught at Melbourne Grammar School, though exact dates are uncertain.
That background helps explain the flavor of his books: energetic plots, outdoor settings, and a strong interest in settlement, travel, and survival in places presented as remote or demanding. Even when the details of his life are hard to pin down, the surviving record shows a writer whose fiction was shaped by movement across continents and by the adventure-story traditions of his era.