Project Gutenberg 2010-09-26 Public domain in the USA. 133 Pickthall, Marjorie L. C. (Marjorie Lowry Christie) 1883 1922 Pickthall, Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall, M. L. C. (Marjorie Lowry Christie) Dick's Desertion: A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests A Tale of the Early Settlement of Ontario Produced by Al Haines "Dick's Desertion: A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests" by Marjorie L. C. Pickthall is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story explores themes of adventure, family bonds, and the pull of nature as it follows the journey of Dick Underwood, a boy from a struggling settler family in Ontario, as he navigates through the challenges of frontier life. The narrative focuses on Dick and his sister Stephanie as they grapple with loss, their responsibilities, and the allure of the wild." "The opening of the novel sets the stage for Dick's life in the Canadian wilderness after his family's relocation from England due to financial difficulties. As we meet him lounging beneath a sumach tree, he is deeply immersed in his world of dreams and imagination, crafting a birch-bark canoe. The narrative takes us through the backstory of his family, highlighting their struggles with the harsh realities of rural life after the death of their mother and their father's increasing detachment. The story contrasts the beauty of the surrounding natural landscape with the emotional turmoil within the Underwood household, ultimately leading to an internal conflict within Dick between home ties and the call of the wilderness. This dynamic is set to become a central theme as the plot unfolds." (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/34002/34002-h/images/img-cover.jpg Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Boys -- Juvenile fiction Ontario -- History -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 206116 2025-08-14T04:24:20.385057 text/html 196231 2021-01-07T01:36:12 text/html 712303 2025-08-14T04:24:23.339028 application/epub+zip 712479 2025-08-14T04:24:20.845062 application/epub+zip 148620 2025-08-14T04:24:20.594034 application/epub+zip 784793 2025-08-14T04:24:25.513043 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 770392 2025-08-14T04:24:23.066072 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207336 2022-09-15T13:01:15.473833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185515 2025-08-14T04:24:20.086054 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 185219 2021-01-07T01:36:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19078 2025-08-14T04:24:25.691007 application/rdf+xml 22632 2025-08-14T04:24:20.666035 image/jpeg 3575 2025-08-14T04:24:20.631037 image/jpeg 690966 2021-01-07T01:36:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 71343 2021-01-07T01:36:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 692791 2025-08-14T04:24:20.424074 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia