The Time of Civilized Bears & The World of Witagg
Northern Canada Book review The Canadian Northern (or Northwestern) novel once had a high place in the Best Seller fiction lists — back in the first half of the 20th Century. From the release of Jack London’s masterwork THE CALL OF THE WILD in 1903, stories of the Land of the Northern Lights drew an […]
Our Two Great Canadian Literary Genres “The animals are us.” – Margaret Atwood When Charles G D Roberts created the Realistic Animal Story in the 1890’s, he gave the world the first Canadian Literary Genre. When the Reverend Charles William Gordon followed with his Corporal Cameron novels, he perfected the second great Canadian […]
THE DOG STORIES OF MAX BRAND Today, we think more of dog stories by James Herriot than by a popular pulp fiction writer. But listen… Frederick Faust has been called “The Shakespeare of the Western Range.” (Kirkus Reviews). Faust published over 300 Western novels in his lifetime, using nineteen pseudonyms, of which he’s […]
“Just you and the love of your life and a happy team of sled dogs, alone together in the Great White North — that’s the last act of pure Freedom still available on the planet.” – Brian Alan Burhoe CALL OF THE NORTHWESTERN GENRE: BEST BOOKS, ANIMAL STORIES & MOUNTIE FICTION The […]
Liberation of a Website. If you are from the Land of the Rising Sun, Welcome! If you are confused — here’s what happened. In late 2015 my payment to renew my domain BrianAlanBurhoe.com was due. Money was tight and I had to wait a couple days to pay it. When I did, my […]
