Project Gutenberg 2013-03-23 Public domain in the USA. 175 Wallace, Dillon 1863 1939 Grit A-Plenty: A Tale of the Labrador Wild Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Grit A-Plenty: A Tale of the Labrador Wild" by Dillon Wallace is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the Angus family, particularly focusing on Thomas, his children—including the brave Jamie, who faces the challenge of impending blindness—and Doctor Joe, who is a crucial neighbor in their close-knit community. The novel explores themes of resilience, the struggles of frontier life in the harsh Labrador wilderness, and the deep bonds between family and friends as they navigate their daily challenges. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Thomas Angus and his family living in their cozy cabin, referred to as The Jug, situated in the wilds of Labrador. The family is depicted as hardy and content, but their tranquility is disrupted when young Jamie begins to suffer from a mysterious affliction that clouds his vision. The local doctor, affectionately called Doctor Joe, suspects that Jamie might go blind if he doesn’t receive surgery to alleviate the condition. The family’s struggle to gather the necessary resources for the surgery becomes a central element of the story, leading to the boys setting off on a quest to trap fur in the wilderness, working with the enigmatic Indian Jake. The opening sets the stage for the boys’ adventures and the emotional investment required to save Jamie's sight, threading a narrative of grit and determination against a backdrop of natural beauty and peril. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42396/42396-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 79.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction Brothers -- Juvenile fiction Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Fur trade -- Juvenile fiction Physicians -- Juvenile fiction Newfoundland and Labrador -- Juvenile fiction Trappers -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 391941 2025-07-17T07:23:01.562997 text/html 395726 2024-10-23T14:51:01 text/html 369883 2025-07-17T07:23:07.032939 application/epub+zip 373435 2025-07-17T07:23:02.562963 application/epub+zip 220150 2025-07-17T07:23:02.059981 application/epub+zip 509685 2025-07-17T07:23:10.528888 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465435 2025-07-17T07:23:06.487914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312676 2022-09-19T11:09:54.968471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352008 2025-07-17T07:23:00.571939 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 332133 2024-10-23T14:51:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18921 2025-07-17T07:23:10.657888 application/rdf+xml 28156 2025-07-17T07:23:02.142940 image/jpeg 4678 2025-07-17T07:23:02.102932 image/jpeg 351921 2025-07-17T07:23:01.600989 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