Harold Bindloss: 94 books

Set in the cut-throat environment of Canada's burgeoning lumber industry, this intriguing mystery from Harold Bindloss begins with the discovery that the son of a lumber tycoon has been brutally killed. What's more, a cache of valuable bonds has been stolen from the office safe -- a safe to which only the murdered man knew the combination.

Though British by birth, Harold Bindloss spent much of his early adulthood wandering the world, performing odd jobs. He found himself particularly enchanted by the Canadian Northwest and went on to set dozens of Western novels in the region. In The Greater Power, logger Derrick Nasmyth finds himself in an unexpected quandary.

Though he was born in England and spent much of his life in that country, author Harold Bindloss is remembered as one of the foremost chroniclers of the pioneer era in Canada. The novel Northwest! follows protagonist Jimmy Leyland as he attempts to find his fortune -- and perhaps romance -- in the Canadian countryside.

Like many of Harold Bindloss' novels, The Gold Trail unfolds against the backdrop of western Canada in its early pioneer years. In the midst of preparing a new railroad route, Clarence Weston and his fellow laborers face challenge after challenge. When romance enters the picture, it's almost too much for him to handle.

"Mr. Bindloss knows the north-west regions of Canada well, and the story of Blake's hardships, his trials, and his triumphs, is a thrilling one. The spirit of adventure and the freedom at the Wild West makes the blood tingle in one's veins" --Aberdeen Free Press.

Bindloss has gone back to the Canadian Northwest for the scene of his new novel. From a thrilling cross-country chase over England the story swings to the British Columbia glaciers--and all but ends in an open elevator shaft in a little mountain hotel. A swift story of strong men and women. A dazzling tale. Quite a thrilling cliff-hanger and romantic tale of love and adventure.

This engaging David-and-Goliath tale is set against the sprawling backdrop of Canada's open prairies. Rancher Ormesby and his group of chums hatch a clever plan to outwit greedy corporate interests, but will they be able to pull it off before it's too late? Along the way, Ormesby finds love where he least expected it.

It was falling dusk and the long emigrant train was clattering, close-packed with its load of somewhat frowsy humanity, through the last of the pine forest which rolls westward north of the Great Lakes toward the wide, bare levels of Manitoba, when Alison Leigh stood on the platform of a lurching car....

Sailor Jimmy Farquhar has enjoyed a period of relative calm in his life, serving on a series of problem-free cargo runs and striking up a burgeoning relationship with a beautiful passenger on one trip. But when a colleague proposes a salvage job that would entail traveling into icy, treacherous northern waters, Jimmy decides to throw caution to the wind and give it a shot.

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. It is a still, hot day in autumn, and there is a droning of mosquitoes where I sit by an open window, glancing alternately out across the Assiniboian prairie and somewhat blankly at the bundle of paper before me,...

In the aftermath of her father's death, the plucky Alison Leigh finds herself without any viable financial prospects. After considering her options, she decides to get a fresh start in Winnipeg, Canada, where a family member secures her a secretarial position. After adjusting to life in the remote outpost, Alison's fortunes begin to improve when she finds love.

THE SWEETWATER FORD After relaxing its iron grip a little so that we hoped for spring, winter had once more closed down on the broad Canadian prairie, and the lonely outpost was swept by icy draughts, when, one bitter night, Sergeant Mackay, laying down his pipe, thrust fresh billets into the crackling...

Told by an older man reminiscing about his youthful exploits and successes, Lorimer of the Northwest recounts Ralph Lorimer's emigration to Canada, his marriage to the beautiful Grace Carrington, and his remarkable rise to the top of the agriculture sector.

The small room at the Canadian hotel was hot and smelt of cigar-smoke and liquor. Stannard put down his cards, shrugged resignedly, and opened the window. Deering smiled and pulled a pile of paper money across the table. He was strongly built and belonged to a mountaineering club, but he was fat and his American dinner jacket looked uncomfortably tight.