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A Mating in the Wilds

By Ottwell Binns

(3.5 stars) β€’ 10 reviews

In the brutal wilderness, a man's shadowed past collides with newfound desires, igniting a battle for survival and redemption.

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2007-04-13
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Summary

"A Mating in the Wilds" by Ottwell Binns is an early 20th-century novel set in the northern wilderness, that explores themes of survival, identity, and human emotion through its characters. Hubert Stane, a tough man with a hidden history, arrives at a Hudson Bay Company trading post after a difficult canoe trip, setting off a chain of events. He meets Helen Yardely, a lively Englishwoman, and also finds himself drawn to Miskodeed, a captivating native girl. The story thickens with the reappearance of Gerald Ainley from Stane's past, suggesting ongoing conflicts waiting to surface. With its descriptive writing and focus on character growth, the novel starts to bring together themes of longing, cultural clashes, and personal change, inviting readers into its complex wild setting and human relationships.

About the Author

Ottwell Binns was a British novelist and Unitarian minister. Binns was a prolific author, publishing many novels of adventure and mystery, from 1917 to 1939. His publisher in Britain was Ward Lock. Though he died in 1935, Ward Lock continued to publish novels under his name until 1939. His novel A Mating in the Wild was published in the U.S. in 1920 by Alfred A. Knopf and the A. L. Burt Company.

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