The Girl from Keller's by Harold Bindloss is set against the expansive prairie, exploring themes of ambition, personal struggle, and the intricacies of love and relationships. The story follows a railroad builder who faces a crossroads in his life, torn between his career and the prospect of a challenging life as a prairie farmer. The narrative opens with the protagonist reflecting on his future while traveling across the Saskatchewan prairie, considering the changes brought by the arrival of the railroad and the possibilities it brings. As he navigates his ambitions, he is confronted with the complexities of his relationships, particularly with a friend struggling with his own failures in farming and romance. These early reflections introduce the tension between dreams and disillusionment, and the allure of romantic connections that complicate decisions. The novel establishes a gripping exploration of personal choices set against the harsh realities of life on the prairie.
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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