The Hound From The North

audiobook

The Hound From The North

by Ridgwell Cullum

EN·~8 hours

Chapters

Description

In the frozen reaches of the northern Rockies, a lone traveler battles the relentless grip of winter. Swathed in furs and dragging a staff through knee‑deep snow, he fights exhaustion, hunger and the ever‑present threat of death as the night draws near. Each desperate cry into the empty mountains is answered only by echo, a stark reminder of his isolation.

Against this stark backdrop, an uncanny presence stalks the white wilderness—a mysterious hound whose mournful howls cut through the howling wind. Its eerie calls hint at both danger and a possible lifeline, drawing the weary wanderer deeper into the unforgiving landscape. Listeners will be drawn into a tense, atmospheric tale of survival, where nature’s harsh beauty collides with the primal instinct to endure.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~8 hours (508K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2009-08-15

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

About the author

Ridgwell Cullum

Ridgwell Cullum

1867–1943

Best known for brisk adventure stories set on the Canadian frontier and in the American West, this prolific novelist drew on real experience to give his fiction a rugged, lived-in feel. Writing under the name Ridgwell Cullum, he turned travel, hardship, and frontier life into popular early 20th-century entertainment.

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