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The Great Lone Land

A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America

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The Great Lone Land

De: Sir William Francis Butler
Narrado por: Alain Alexander
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In 1872, Irish soldier and adventurer Sir William Francis Butler published this vivid firsthand account of his journey across the vast, untamed expanse of Canada's Northwest. Dispatched on a hazardous reconnaissance mission during the Red River Rebellion, Butler travelled deep into contested territory, meeting the Métis leader Louis Riel and witnessing firsthand the tensions between Indigenous peoples, Métis settlers, and the newly formed Dominion of Canada. From there, his journey carries him across the sweeping plains and frozen wilderness of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and south into the American frontier states of Illinois, Minnesota, and North Dakota, by canoe, on horseback, and on foot, through blizzards, scarce supplies, and long stretches of solitude. Equal parts adventure narrative and historical record, The Great Lone Land captures a pivotal, turbulent moment in the shaping of the Canadian West, rendered with a soldier's clear-eyed discipline and a natural storyteller's feel for landscape and atmosphere. A classic of Victorian travel writing, it remains a compelling window into a land, and a moment in history, that were only just beginning to be mapped and understood by the wider world. Mundial
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