Ralph Connor was born in 1860 in Indian Lands, Glengarry County, Canada West (later Ontario) as Charles William Gordon. In 1883, he graduated with a B.D. from the University of Toronto. In 1887, he graduated from Knox College in Toronto. He was ordained as a Presbyterian preacher three years later in Calgary, and then proceeded to Banff to serve as a missionary to the area's lumbercamps and mining communities. He went to Winnipeg's Saint Stephen's Church in 1894, where he remained for the rest of his life as pastor.
The Revered Charles William Gordon created fictional sketches for the Presbyterian periodical The Westminster in order to raise funds for his missionary efforts. He quickly rose to prominence as Canada's bestselling author, both at home and abroad, using the pen name Ralph Connor. Black Rock (1898), a collection of his early sketches, sold five million copies, together with his following two books, The Sky Pilot (1899) and The Man from Glengarry (1901). The inspiration for Connor's fiction came from his outdoor faith.
His protagonists are frequently clergymen and other representatives of established civilization who minister to the needs of frontier societies. In 1937, Ralph Connor died in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781018408880 |
| ISBN 10 | 1018408886 |
| Title | The Prospector |
| Author | Ralph Connor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Legare Street Press |
| Year published | 2022-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 398 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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