Charles G D Roberts: 55 books

Barbara Ladd is a fiction by Charles G. D. Roberts. First published in 1902 with Illustation by Frank Verbeck.  We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances...

It was toward the end of July, and Fredericton, the little New Brunswick capital, had grown hot beyond endurance, when six devoted canoeists—Stranion, Magnus, Queerman, Sam, Ranolf, and myself—heard simultaneously the voices of wild rapids calling to them from afar. The desire of the woods awoke...

According to Wikipedia: "Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, KCMG , , BA (January 10, 1860 November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. Besides his own body of work, Roberts is known as the "Father of Canadian Poetry" because he served as an inspiration for other writers of his time. Roberts,...

Tale of animals: predators vs. prey, growing up wild, and the lives of many animals in the forest. Told by nature writer Charles Roberts, this story is along the lines of Jack London's Call of the Wild.

The tale of a fox, and his trials, tribulations, and life, as told from the point of view of the fox itself, as only Roberts could tell it. In Roberts' own words: "In the following story I have tried to trace the career of a fox of the backwoods districts of Eastern Canada. The hero of...

Told from the point of view of different animals, this study of wildlife on and around islands in the North East makes Roberts' works some of the most rewarding and interesting adventure tales.

A Tale of a Loyal Police Dog Set in the Canadian Wilderness

Alike in matter and in method, the animal story, as we have it to-day, may be regarded as a culmination. The animal story, of course, in one form or another, is as old as the beginnings of literature. Perhaps the most engrossing part in the life-drama of primitive man was that played by the beasts...

High Adventure in the Canadian Wilderness

With thick smoke in his throat and the roar of flame in his ears, Pete Noël awoke, shaking as if in the grip of a nightmare. He sat straight up in his bunk. Instantly he felt his face scorching. The whole cabin was ablaze. Leaping from his bunk, and dragging the blankets with him, he sprang to...

The gaunt, black mother lifted her head from nuzzling happily at the velvet fur of her little one. The cub was but twenty-four hours old, and engrossed every emotion of her savage heart; but her ear had caught the sound of heavy footsteps coming up the mountain. They were confident, fearless footsteps,...

Tale of a family living in the woods, and the animals that surround them. Thrilling, well-written tale of woodland life.