
Jack Howland stands at the edge of the frozen Saskatchewan, the aurora flickering above like a distant promise. A native of Chicago, he has spent his life clawing upward from a humble farm boy to a determined engineer, and now the call to lead the Hudson Bay Railroad has finally reached him. The stark, snow‑laden wilderness awakens a mix of romance and raw ambition within him, as the howling wind and distant wolf cries remind him that this is no ordinary city job.
Tasked with laying steel through three hundred miles of untamed north, Howland must wrestle with bitter cold, isolated outposts, and the sheer scale of the land itself. Yet the very danger that looms on the horizon fuels his resolve, offering a chance to carve his own destiny among the trees and ice. Listeners will feel the tension of a man poised between civilization and the wild, ready to confront whatever the frontier throws his way.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (279K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2004-01-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1878–1927
Adventure, wilderness, and a deep love of the North run through these stories from one of the early 20th century’s most widely read popular novelists. He wrote fast-moving tales set in the Canadian backcountry and later used his fame to speak up for wildlife conservation.
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