De zwervers op de grenzen : Naar de achtste Fransche uitgave by Gustave Aimard
"De zwervers op de grenzen: Naar de achtste Fransche uitgave" by Gustave Aimard is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative is set against the backdrop of the encroaching civilization that threatens the vast wilderness of North America, focusing on themes of colonization and the plight of Indigenous people. The story introduces a Canadian frontiersman, who is destined to play a significant role in the unfolding events. The opening ofthe novel describes the setting of the North American wilderness around 1812, highlighting the gradual disappearance of the forests due to the relentless advance of settlers. The main character is depicted as a strong Canadian woodsman, skilled in survival and hunting. During a chance encounter, he intervenes in the pursuit of a runaway slave, Quoniam, who escapes from a cruel slave trader named John Davis. The narrative captures the tension and conflict between these characters, setting the stage for deeper explorations of freedom, morality, and survival in the wilderness as their destinies intertwine. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Aimard, Gustave, 1818-1883 |
|---|---|
| Uniform Title | Les rôdeurs de frontières. Dutch |
| Title | De zwervers op de grenzen : Naar de achtste Fransche uitgave |
| Original Publication | Belgium: Firma van den Heuvell & van Santen, 1869. |
| Credits | Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Dutch |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Texas -- History -- To 1846 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 70395 |
| Release Date | Mar 27, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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