Woodsmen of the West

Woodsmen of the West

Woodsmen of the West is a novel by Martin Allerdale Grainger, first published in 1908 by Edward Arnold. In writing the novel, Grainger drew on his experiences as a logger working in the coastal forests of British Columbia, Canada. Woodsmen of the West is one of the first examples of realism in western Canadian literature. Grainger based his novel on his unsentimental account of life in the logging camps. This way of writing gave the story a rough edge that was unusual fare for Canadian readers. It is a "dramatic and loosely structured tale at heart a love story." It also paints the picture of...
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quick facts
Author:Martin Allerdale Grainger
Genre:Novel, Fiction, Autobiography, Western, Biography
Year published:1908
Number of editions:4

Literary Genres

Novel
Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and...
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Fiction
Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but...
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Autobiography
Autobiography

"If you like autobiographies, as I do, then you will be pleased to know that this one actually is an auto-biography. It has been written entirely by...
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Western
Western

The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling...
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Biography
Biography

A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. It entails more than basic facts , a biography also portrays a subject's...
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    How long is the book "Woodsmen of the West"?
  • A:
    The book contains 199 pages.
  • Q:
    The book "Woodsmen of the West" is of which genre?
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    The written work is classified as- Novel, Fiction and Autobiography.
  • Q:
    The work, "Woodsmen of the West" covers what literary subjects?
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    "Woodsmen of the West" is of the category: Canada and British Columbia
  • Q:
    What year was the title "Woodsmen of the West" first made available to the public?
  • A:
    The work was first published in 1908.

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