In 'Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land' by Egerton Ryerson Young, readers are taken on a thrilling and captivating journey through the Great Lone Land, providing a unique perspective on Canadian wilderness and exploration. Young's vivid descriptions and immersive storytelling style bring the frozen landscapes to life, creating an atmosphere of both danger and wonder. Written in the late 19th century, this book reflects the era's fascination with adventure and discovery, making it a significant piece of Canadian literature. Readers will appreciate the detailed accounts of survival, friendship, and courage as the three boys face the challenges of the wilderness. Egerton Ryerson Young, a Canadian missionary and author, draws from his own experiences in the wild to craft this engaging narrative. His deep connection to nature and understanding of the Indigenous cultures in the region add authenticity and depth to the story. Young's passion for exploration and his commitment to documenting these adventures make him a notable figure in Canadian literature. For readers interested in thrilling tales of adventure and exploration, 'Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land' is a must-read. Young's masterful storytelling and vivid descriptions will transport you to a time of excitement and danger in the untamed wilderness of Canada.

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This series presents a comprehensive, global and up-to-date history of English-language prose fiction and written ... by a international team of scholars ... -- dust jacket.

As Canada came to terms with its role as an independent nation following Confederation in 1867, there was a call for a literary voice to express the needs and desires of a new country. Children’s literature was one of the means through which this new voice found expression. Seen as a tool for both entertaining and educating children, this material is often overtly propagandistic and nationalistic, and addresses some of the key political, economic, and social concerns of Canada as it struggled to maintain national unity during this time. From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood studies a large variety of children’s literature written in English between 1867 and 1911, revealing a distinct interest in questions of national unity and identity among children’s writers of the day and exploring the influence of American and British authors on the shaping of Canadian identity. The visions of Canada expressed in this material are often in competition with one another, but together they illuminate the country’s attempts to define itself and its relation to the world outside its borders.

By investigating mutually dependent categories of identity in literature that depicts northern peoples and places, Hulan provides a descriptive account of representative genres in which the north figures as a central theme - including autobiography, adventure narrative, ethnography, fiction, poetry, and travel writing. She considers each of these diverse genres in terms of the way it explains the cultural identity of a nation formed from the settlement of immigrant peoples on the lands of dispossessed, indigenous peoples. Reading against the background of contemporary ethnographic, literary, and cultural theory, Hulan maintains that the collective Canadian identity idealized in many works representing the north does not occur naturally but is artificially constructed in terms of characteristics inflected by historically contingent ideas of gender and race, such as self-sufficiency, independence, and endurance, and that these characteristics are evoked to justify the nationhood of the Canadian state.