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Not far from the rugged and storm-whipped north shore of Lake Superior, and south of the Kaministiqua, yet not as far south as the Rainy River waterway, there lay a paradise lost in the heart of a wilderness world—and in that paradise "a little corner of hell." That was what the girl had called it once upon a time, when sobbing out the shame and the agony of it to herself. That was before Peter had come to leaven the drab of her life. But the hell was still there.

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Excerpt from The Country Beyond: A Romance of the WildernessThat was what the girl had called it once upon a time, when sobbing out the shame and the agony Of it to herself. That was before Peter had come to leaven the drab Of her life. But the hell was still there.One would not have guessed its existence, standing at the bald top Of Cragg's Ridge this wonderful thirtieth day Of May. In the whiteness Of winter one could look Off over a hundred square miles Of freezing forest and swamp and river country, with the gleam Of ice-covered lakes here and there, fringed by their black spruce and cedar and balsam - a country Of storm, Of deep snows, Of men and women whose blood ran red with the thrill and the hardship and the never-ending adventure Of the wild.But this was spring. And such a spring as had not come to the Canadian north country in many years. Until three days ago there had been a deluge Of warm rains, and since then the sun had inundated the land with the golden warmth Of summer. The last chill was gone from the air, and the last bit Of frozen earth and muck from the deepest and blackest swamps. North, South, east and west the wilderness world was a glory Of bursting life, of springtime mellowing into summer. Ridge upon ridge Of yellows and greens and blacks swept away into the unknown distances like the billows Of a vast sea; and between them lay the valleys and swamps, the lakes and waterways, glad with the rippling song of running waters, the sweet scents Of early flowering time, and the joyous voice of all mating creatures.Just under Cragg's Ridge lay the paradise, a meadow-like sweep Of plain that reached down to the edge Of Clearwater Lake, with clumps Of poplars and white birch and darker tapestries Of spruce and ba1~ sams dotting it like islets in a sea Of verdant green. The flowers were two weeks ahead of their time and the sweet perfumes Of late June, instead of May, rose up out Of the plain, and already there was nesting in the velvety splashes of timber.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

James Oliver Curwood was an early 20th century writer who lived in Michigan, where he published several novels a year. Curwood loved the outdoors and is known for his conservation efforts. The Country Beyond is set near the cold rugged shores of Lake Superior and south of Kaministiqua. This beautiful paradise is a land of hell for this young girl. She is desperately unhappy until Peter comes into her life. Can his coming change her life in a good way or does her life still resemble Hell?

A tale of "the frozen nothingness" of the Canadian Northwest and of the Royal Mounted Police; a man whose greatest crime was in befriending a band of starving Indians is branded a criminal. Roger Mckay, outlaw and the girl from the "corner of hell" led the Royal Mounted on a grueling chase through the North Country –because he believed she was a murderer. The Mountie is drawn, samurai-like, between his duty to the Crown, and his humanity toward anyone, outlaw or not, who is at base a good man. Not far from the rugged and storm-whipped north shore of Lake Superior, and south of the Kaministiqua, yet not as far south as the Rainy River waterway, there lay a paradise lost in the heart of wilderness world –and in that paradise "a little corner of hell." "The Country Beyond" was a 1926 movie, starring Prince, the Great Dane of 20th century Fox studios, who claimed him to be the highest-priced canine villain in screendom. Today most Americans are unfamiliar with Canada's grand history, but in Curwood's heyday American children were as apt to play at being red-coated Mounties as they were at being cowboys.

This early work by James Oliver Curwood was originally published in 1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Curwood's novel "The Country Beyond: A Romance of the Wilderness," is a love story set in the back woods of Northern Canada during the early 1900s. It is a tale of romance and adventure in the wild, rugged Canadian wilderness. James Oliver 'Jim' Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. He was born on 12th June, 1878, in Owosso, Michigan, USA. In 1900, Curwood sold his first story while working for the Detroit News-Tribune, and after this, his career in writing was made. By 1909 he had saved enough money to travel to the Canadian northwest, a trip that provided the inspiration for his wilderness adventure stories. The success of his novels afforded him the opportunity to return to the Yukon and Alaska for several months each year - allowing Curwood to write more than thirty such books. Curwood's adventure writing followed in the tradition of Jack London. Like London, Curwood set many of his works in the wilds of the Great Northwest and often used animals as lead characters (Kazan, Baree; Son of Kazan, The Grizzly King and Nomads of the North). Many of Curwood's adventure novels also feature romance as primary or secondary plot consideration. This approach gave his work broad commercial appeal and helped drive his appearance on several best-seller lists in the early 1920s. His most successful work was his 1920 novel, The River's End. The book sold more than 100,000 copies and was the fourth best-selling title of the year in the United States, according to Publisher's Weekly. He contributed to various literary and popular magazines throughout his career, and his bibliography includes more than 200 such articles, short stories and serializations. In 1927, while on a fishing trip in Florida, Curwood was bitten on the thigh by what was believed to have been a spider and he had an immediate allergic reaction. Health problems related to the bite escalated over the next few months as an infection set in. He died soon after in his nearby home on Williams Street, on 13th August 1927. He was aged just forty-nine, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery (Owosso), in a family plot.

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