The Land of Strong Men - by Arthur Murray Chisholm Paperback

Book Synopsis

The Land of Strong Men is a western novel by Arthur Murray Chisholm. Chisholm, also known as Bob Chisholm later in life, was an author of Western fiction. He also served as government agent, coroner, police magistrate, and Justice of the Peace in British Columbia. Excerpt: "It was light, but not yet day. The shadows of the night seemed to linger, to retreat with reluctance; and as they were beaten back by the sun, still far below the eastern curve of the earth and further blockaded by giant mountain ranges also to the eastward, the clinging, gray morning mists of early Fall came to replace them. In the pallid light, a-swim with vapor, objects loomed gigantic and grotesque. The house which stood among the mists was of squared timbers, mortised and fitted..."