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The Honor of the Big Snows
James Oliver Curwood
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What unseen force may have brought young Jan Thoreau and his music from out of the barren lands into the remote camp of Lac Bain, forever changing the lives of those few who lived there? What brought him to the home of John and Melisse Cummins as the latter lay on her death bed? Moreover, what was the great sorrow and overpowering sadness which permeated the life of the young man in the months and years following his arrival, and by what means was he to struggle with The Honor of the Big Snows?
What unseen force may have brought young Jan Thoreau and his music from out of the barren lands into the remote camp of Lac Bain, forever changing the lives of those few who lived there? What brought him to the home of John and Melisse Cummins as the latter lay on her death bed? Moreover, what was the great sorrow and overpowering sadness which permeated the life of the young man in the months and years following his arrival, and by what means was he to struggle with The Honor of the Big Snows?
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It was not the low, sweet music of Cummins and the little Mélisse that he played now, but a wild, wailing song that he had found in the autumn winds. It burst above the crackling fire and the tumult of man and dog in a weird and savage beauty that hushed all sound; and life about him became like life struck suddenly dead. With his head bowed Jan saw nothing—saw nothing of the wonder in the faces of the half- cringing little black men who were squatted in a group a dozen feet away, nothing of the staring amazement in the eyes that were looking upon this miracle he was performing. He knew only that about him there was a deep hush, and after a while his violin sang a lower song, and sweeter; and still softer it became, and more sweet, until he was playing that which he loved most of all—the music that had filled the little cabin when Cummins' wife died.
As he continued to play t. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
I am still mulling over if this is awful writing or delightful writing. The social mores of 1911 and today seem worlds apart yet similar. I wonder what I would have thought of the characters if I read it in 1911. The play of the characters against the backdrop of the Canadian north keeps me reading
Pretty good, I don't normally read novels.
I had a trouble reading this story. The book I have was a 1911, original. It hard figure out where the story was going. And writing was difficult because written so long ago
My son's jazz trio plays a monthly gig at Cafe Chianti in Beverly, the first Tuesday of each month. At the October gig, I was sitting with his relatively new girlfriend. We were soon joined by a former school mate of theirs, Kathy Svirsky, who had spent something like seven years in Alaska. During b
I really enjoy Curwood's adventure stories of the early 20th century far northern Canada. Along with the strenuous fight for survival in these wilderness areas, he intertwines sweet and noble romance, along with a dash of mystery. In this story, a beautiful young wife dies shortly after giving birth
This is an old-fashioned melodrama set in the fur-trapping camps of the far north. It was published in the early years of the twentieth century by the prolific, best-selling Curwood, generally unknown these days. Its plot turns on a kind of moral angst that is reminiscent of Alcott or Stratton-Porte