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100 1 _aCullum, Ridgwell,
_d1867-1943
245 1 4 _aThe riddle of Three-Way Creek
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-07-15
508 _aD A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Riddle of Three-Way Creek" by Ridgwell Cullum is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around themes of loyalty and justice as it follows the lives of Jim Pryse, a man sentenced to prison for defending his brother, and Corporal Andrew McFardell, the Mountie escorting him. Set against the backdrop of the harsh Canadian wilderness, the novel explores the consequences of compassion and the moral dilemmas faced by its characters. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to a frozen trail leading into a valley where two horsemen traverse the cold landscape: Corporal McFardell and his prisoner, Jim Pryse. Their dialogue reveals Pryse’s sense of loyalty towards his brother, who is accused of murder, and the policeman’s frustration at the situation that has led them there. As snow begins to fall, the story quickly escalates when McFardell falls from his horse, giving Pryse an unexpected opportunity to escape. The narrative captures the tension of their predicament and sets the stage for the unfolding drama as Pryse makes a daring decision that will shape his fate and those around him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cToronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1925
653 _aCanada, Northern -- Fiction
653 _aAction and adventure fiction
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/riddleofthreeway0000cull/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74048
999 _c114773
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