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Personal Reminiscences in Book Making, and Some Short Stories

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Long letters home from the Canadian wilderness helped R. M. Ballantyne develop the writing habits he recalls in this collection of personal memories and short stories. He begins with his father's suggestion that he join the Hudson's Bay Company at sixteen, then describes work at remote trading posts, long winters and mail arriving only twice a year. Writing to his mother in Scotland gave him a way to record daily life and keep a connection with home.

The reminiscences explain how experience supplied material for books written for young readers. Ballantyne treats authorship as a practical occupation, with disappointments, expenses and amusing incidents as well as rewards. The fiction offers a different view of his storytelling: one scene follows little Pat as he overhears burglars and runs to the mischievous Harry Stronghand.

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R. M. Ballantyne

R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish author of adventure fiction for the young. His years as a clerk for the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada gave him a taste for wild places, and he went on to write more than a hundred spirited tales of travel and survival.

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Author: R. M. Ballantyne
Reading time: About 4 hours
Pages: 129
Language: English
Genre: Memoir
Formats: PDF, EPUB, Read online