A Man of Two Countries

"A Man of Two Countries" by Alice Harriman is a novel set in the early 1900s that follows Philip Danvers, a young Englishman who signs up with the North West Mounted Police as he tries to find his way on the raw, unsettled American frontier. It's a story about identity, love, and the cultural tensions that arise as British and American lives cross paths. Philip becomes involved in personal and social struggles in a growing area filled with both promise and conflict. Early on, Philip is traveling by steamboat toward Fort Benton, when he saves a child named Winifred from drowning after a fight, setting up future troubles with a tough trader named Robert Burroughs. The story creates a vivid picture of the frontier, where people face prejudice, chase dreams, and struggle with their places in a nation that's still being built