Pierre And His People

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The Far North), complete

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PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE
TALES OF THE FAR NORTH
By Gilbert Parker
Volume 1.

CONTENTS
Volume 1. THE PATROL OF THE CYPRESS HILLS GOD'S
GARRISON A HAZARD OF THE NORTH
Volume 2. A PRAIRIE VAGABOND SHE OF THE TRIPLE
CHEVRON THREE OUTLAWS
Volume 3. SHON MCGANN'S TOBOGAN RIDE PERE
CHAMPAGNE THE SCARLET HUNTER THE STONE
Volume 4. THE TALL MASTER THE CRIMSON FLAG THE
FLOOD IN PIPI VALLEY
Volume 5. ANTOINE AND ANGELIQUE THE CIPHER A
TRAGEDY OF NOBODIES A SANCTUARY OF THE PLAINS

GENERAL INTRODUCTION
With each volume of this subscription edition (1912) there is a special
introduction, setting forth, in so far as seemed possible, the relation of
each work to myself, to its companion works, and to the scheme of my
literary life. Only one or two things, therefore, need be said here, as I
wish God-speed to this edition, which, I trust, may help to make old
friends warmer friends and new friends more understanding. Most of

the novels and most of the short stories were suggested by incidents or
characters which I had known, had heard of intimately, or, as in the
case of the historical novels, had discovered in the works of historians.
In no case are the main characters drawn absolutely from life; they are
not portraits; and the proof of that is that no one has ever been able to
identify, absolutely, any single character in these books. Indeed, it
would be impossible for me to restrict myself to actual portraiture. It is
trite to say that photography is not art, and photography has no charm
for the artist, or the humanitarian indeed, in the portrayal of life. At its
best it is only an exhibition of outer formal characteristics,
idiosyncrasies, and contours. Freedom is the first essential of the
artistic mind. As will be noticed in the introductions and original notes
to several of these volumes, it is stated that they possess anachronisms;
that they are not portraits of people living or dead, and that they only
assume to be in harmony with the spirit of men and times and things.
Perhaps in the first few pages of 'The Right of Way' portraiture is more
nearly reached than in any other of these books, but it was only the
nucleus, if I may say so, of a larger development which the original
Charley Steele never attained. In the novel he grew to represent
infinitely more than the original ever represented in his short life.
That would not be strange when it is remembered that the germ of The
'Right of Way' was growing in my mind over a long period of years,
and it must necessarily have developed into a larger conception than the
original character could have suggested. The same may be said of the
chief characters in 'The Weavers'. The story of the two brothers--David
Claridge and Lord Eglington--in that book was brewing in my mind for
quite fifteen years, and the main incidents and characters of other
novels in this edition had the same slow growth. My forthcoming novel,
called 'The Judgment House', had been in my mind for