The Wendigo
(eBook)
The Wendigo is a novella by Algernon Blackwood, first published in The Lost Valley and Other Stories (Eveleigh Nash, 1910). In the wilderness north of Rat Portage in Northwestern Ontario, two Scotsmen - divinity student Simpson and his uncle, Dr. Cathcart, an author of a book on collective hallucination - are on a moose-hunting trip with guides Hank Davis and the wilderness-loving French "Canuck", Joseph Défago. While their Indian cook, Punk, stays to tend the main camp, the others split up into two hunting-parties; Dr. Cathcart goes with Hank, while Défago guides Simpson in a canoe down the river to explore the vast territory beyond. Simpson and Défago make camp, and it soon becomes clear that Défago senses - or at least thinks he senses - some strange and fearful odour on the wind. That night, Simpson wakes to find Défago cowering in terror from something outside the tent. Later Défago runs off into the night, forcing Simpson to go and look for him. He follows his footprints in the snow for many miles, realising that Défago's are not the only set of tracks. The larger set of footprints are not human, and gradually it seems that Défago's own tracks have metamorphosed into smaller versions of the larger set. Eventually, both sets of tracks vanish, and Simpson believes he hears Défago's distant voice calling out from somewhere in the sky above: "Oh! oh! This fiery height! Oh, my feet of fire! My burning feet of fire ...!"
Notes
Blackwood, A. (2019). The Wendigo. [United States], Otbebookpublishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Blackwood, Algernon. 2019. The Wendigo. [United States], Otbebookpublishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Blackwood, Algernon, The Wendigo. [United States], Otbebookpublishing, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Blackwood, Algernon. The Wendigo. [United States], Otbebookpublishing, 2019.
Hoopla Extract Information
hooplaId | 12575066 |
---|---|
title | The Wendigo |
kind | EBOOK |
price | 0.49 |
active | 1 |
pa | 0 |
profanity | 0 |
children | 0 |
demo | 0 |
rating | |
abridged | 0 |
dateLastUpdated | Oct 14, 2019 08:02:35 PM |
Record Information
Last File Modification Time | Nov 22, 2023 11:13:21 PM |
---|---|
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Apr 19, 2024 10:18:39 PM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 02821nam a22003735a 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | MWT12575066 | ||
003 | MWT | ||
005 | 20231027072827.0 | ||
006 | m o d | ||
007 | cr cn||||||||| | ||
008 | 231027s2019 xxu eo 000 1 eng d | ||
020 | |a 9783965375314|q (electronic bk.) | ||
020 | |a 3965375318|q (electronic bk.) | ||
028 | 4 | 2 | |a MWT12575066 |
029 | |a https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ins_9783965375314_180.jpeg | ||
037 | |a 12575066|b Midwest Tape, LLC|n http://www.midwesttapes.com | ||
040 | |a Midwest|e rda | ||
099 | |a eBook hoopla | ||
100 | 1 | |a Blackwood, Algernon,|e author. | |
245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Wendigo|h [electronic resource] /|c Algernon Blackwood. |
264 | 1 | |a [United States] :|b Otbebookpublishing,|c 2019. | |
264 | 2 | |b Made available through hoopla | |
300 | |a 1 online resource (52 pages) | ||
336 | |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer|b c|2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource|b cr|2 rdacarrier | ||
347 | |a text file|2 rda | ||
506 | |a Instant title available through hoopla. | ||
520 | |a The Wendigo is a novella by Algernon Blackwood, first published in The Lost Valley and Other Stories (Eveleigh Nash, 1910). In the wilderness north of Rat Portage in Northwestern Ontario, two Scotsmen - divinity student Simpson and his uncle, Dr. Cathcart, an author of a book on collective hallucination - are on a moose-hunting trip with guides Hank Davis and the wilderness-loving French "Canuck", Joseph Défago. While their Indian cook, Punk, stays to tend the main camp, the others split up into two hunting-parties; Dr. Cathcart goes with Hank, while Défago guides Simpson in a canoe down the river to explore the vast territory beyond. Simpson and Défago make camp, and it soon becomes clear that Défago senses - or at least thinks he senses - some strange and fearful odour on the wind. That night, Simpson wakes to find Défago cowering in terror from something outside the tent. Later Défago runs off into the night, forcing Simpson to go and look for him. He follows his footprints in the snow for many miles, realising that Défago's are not the only set of tracks. The larger set of footprints are not human, and gradually it seems that Défago's own tracks have metamorphosed into smaller versions of the larger set. Eventually, both sets of tracks vanish, and Simpson believes he hears Défago's distant voice calling out from somewhere in the sky above: "Oh! oh! This fiery height! Oh, my feet of fire! My burning feet of fire ...!" | ||
538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Electronic books. | |
710 | 2 | |a hoopla digital. | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12575066?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435|z Instantly available on hoopla. |
856 | 4 | 2 | |z Cover image|u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ins_9783965375314_180.jpeg |