Johnstone Of The Border follows a man drawn to the peace of the Canadian wilderness after his military career is cut short by injury. As he reflects on his past and relationships, he grapples with the longing for connection and the struggle between duty and personal desires. The protagonist is torn between the pull of his homeland and the life he now leads in solitude. The story explores how one man's internal battle between responsibility and personal limitations shapes his choices and future. The emotional weight of past relationships, particularly with a cousin and a woman, adds complexity to his reflections. As the narrative unfolds, the protagonist is faced with the challenge of reconciling his feelings of duty to those he left behind and his growing connection to his current life. The wilderness becomes both a place of solace and a symbol of the emotional distance he feels from the life he once knew. The novel delves into how one man confronts his past, his connections to others, and the unresolved conflicts that shape his future decisions.
Harold Bindloss was an English novelist who published a number of adventure tales set in western Canada, as well as in England and West Africa. His writing was mostly based on his own experiences as a seaman, dock worker, farmer, and planter. Bindloss was born on April 6, 1866 in Wavertree, Liverpool, England. The eldest son of Edward Williams Bindloss, an iron dealer who employed six men at the time of the 1881 census. Bindloss has three sisters and four brothers. He spent several years at sea and in several colonies, most notably in Africa, before returning to England in 1896, his health ravaged by malaria. He appears to have started out as a clerk in a shipping office, but this did not suit his adventurous nature, and he later became a farmer in Canada, a sailor, a dock worker, and a planter. He returned to England in 1896, likely from West Africa, afflicted with malaria. Given that he spent more than a decade at sea and in the colonies, it is likely that his time overseas was divided into two parts: first as a youth, and then as a young man after 1891.
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