The Danger Trail

The story revolves around a young woman who travels to the Canadian wilderness with her brother and his friend, an old trapper. They are on a mission to find a lost mine, but their journey is fraught with danger from wild animals and harsh weather conditions. Along the way, they encounter various obstacles and conflicts that test their resolve and survival skills.

By James Oliver Curwood · First published 1915 · Genre: Adventure, Romance, Western · 17 chapters · 61,315 words

First lines

For perhaps the first time in his life Howland felt the spirit of romance, of adventure, of sympathy for the picturesque and the unknown surging through his veins. A billion stars glowed like yellow, passionless eyes in the polar cold of the skies. Behind him, white in its sinuous twisting through the snow-smothered wilderness, lay the icy Saskatchewan, with a few scattered lights visible where Prince Albert, the last outpost of civilization, came down to the river half a mile away.

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The Danger Trail is listed on Textopian as a novel by James Oliver Curwood, dated 1915 CE.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: James Oliver Curwood
• Date: 1915 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Romance, Western, Thriller, Historical Fiction
• Length: 61,315 words
• Structure: 17 chapters, 1,013 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)

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Genres

• Adventure — The plot centers around a thrilling journey through the wilderness, filled with danger and excitement.
• Romance — The narrative includes a significant romantic subplot that influences the characters' motivations and actions.
• Western — The setting and themes are reminiscent of the Western genre, with rugged landscapes and frontier challenges.
• Thriller — The story contains suspenseful elements and tense situations that keep the reader on edge.

Tags

Adventure · Romance · Wilderness · Survival · Thriller · Action · Suspense · Nature · Exploration · Pioneering · Frontier · Historical Fiction

Contents

• The Girl of the Snows
• Lips that Speak Not
• The Mysterious Attack
• The Warning
• Howland's Midnight Visitor
• The Love of a Man
• The Blowing of the Coyote
• The Hour of Death
• The Tryst
• A Race into the North
• The House of the Red Death
• The Fight
• The Pursuit
• The Gleam of the Light
• In the Bedroom Chamber
• Jean's Story
• Meleese

More by James Oliver Curwood

• Thomas Jefferson Brown (1927)
• The Golden Snare (1922)
• Back to God's Country (1918)
• The Yellow-Back (1915)
• The Fiddling Man (1923)
• L'Ange (1926)
• The Case of Beauvais (1920)
• The other Man's Wife (1924)
• All works by James Oliver Curwood