Project Gutenberg 2012-05-14 Public domain in the USA. 116 Bindloss, Harold 1866 1945 The Impostor E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team (http://www.pgdpcanada.net) from images of public domain material generously made available by the University of Toronto Libraries (http://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca) "The Impostor" by Harold Bindloss is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces readers to Rancher Witham, a struggling farmer in a remote Canadian prairie settlement, as he faces financial hardships and the looming threat of losing his homestead. The narrative promises themes of perseverance, moral dilemmas, and the harsh realities of frontier life against the backdrop of evolving human relationships. At the start of the novel, Rancher Witham is waiting in the chilling cold for his mail, which delivers disappointing news about mounting debts and foreclosures on his property. Despite his desperate situation, he maintains a sense of pride, refusing free meals from the local hotel, preferring to endure hunger on his journey home. After receiving a paltry send-off from the townsfolk, he engages in a conversation with Courthorne, a man with questionable morals who makes a tempting but dangerous proposition to Witham that could change his fate. This decision sets the stage for a conflict that pits survival against integrity as Witham grapples with the implications of becoming an impostor. As the plot unfolds, the characters' decisions lead to a tangled web of actions that reflect the broader struggles of those living in an unforgiving landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Canada -- Fiction Impostors and imposture -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels 582763 2025-08-16T07:18:20.122238 text/html 568782 2012-05-14T12:22:16 text/html 346419 2025-08-16T07:18:27.935222 application/epub+zip 356122 2025-08-16T07:18:22.120329 application/epub+zip 284227 2025-08-16T07:18:20.853294 application/epub+zip 570114 2025-08-16T07:18:32.642276 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 532322 2025-08-16T07:18:27.222224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430173 2022-09-18T07:48:28.106112 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 546481 2025-08-16T07:18:19.101290 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 546035 2012-05-14T12:23:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 546042 2012-05-14T12:23:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20182 2025-08-16T07:18:32.774187 application/rdf+xml 11503 2025-08-16T07:18:21.431236 image/jpeg 3057 2025-08-16T07:18:21.117245 image/jpeg 198705 2012-05-14T12:23:59 application/octet-stream application/zip 278814 2012-05-14T12:38:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 198702 2012-05-14T12:23:59 application/octet-stream application/zip 341678 2025-08-16T07:18:20.173255 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