The Woman from Outside [On Swan River]

"The Woman from Outside" by Hulbert Footner is a story that takes place around the 1900s in Canada, a place both beautiful and a bit scary. The book starts when a new doctor named Ernest Imbrie comes to a faraway place called Fort Enterprise, which makes everyone curious and uneasy. The folks at the Fort are already talking about how late the mail is when they find out Imbrie has been hiding out past the Swan River. When some Kakisa Indians show up, things get even more mixed up, especially when they start to learn more about what Imbrie is really up to. One of the people who lives there, a trader named John Gaviller, gets pretty upset. The book hints that there will be problems and connections between the people at Fort Enterprise and this new doctor, and all of this is surrounded by the big, wild country. It promises an exciting look at adventure, mysteries, and how people deal with someone who is different from them.