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orig. Charles William Gordonborn Sept. 13, 1860, Indian Lands, Glengarry county, Ont., Can.died Oct. 31, 1937, Winnipeg, Man.Canadian novelist.Ordained a Presbyterian minister in 1890, Connor became a missionary to mining and lumber camps in the Canadian Rocky Mountains; this experience and memories of his childhood in Glengarry, Ont., provided material for his novels, including The Sky Pilot (1899) and The Prospector (1904), which, combining adventure with religious messages and wholesome sentiment, made him the best-selling Canadian novelist of the early 20th century. His best books are considered to be The Man from Glengarry (1901) and Glengarry School Days (1902).
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▪ Canadian ministerpseudonym of Charles William Gordonborn Sept. 13, 1860, Indian Lands, Glengarry county, Ont., Can.died Oct. 31, 1937, Winnipeg, Man.Canadian Presbyterian minister and writer of numerous popular novels that combine religious messages, wholesome sentiment, and adventure.Ordained in 1890, Gordon became a missionary to mining and lumber camps in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and from this experience and memories of his Glengarry childhood derived the major background for his fiction. His first books, the missionary adventure tales Black Rock (1898) and its sequel, The Sky Pilot (1899), met with phenomenal success. His highest literary achievements are considered to be the books dealing with the pioneer traditions of his Ontario boyhood: The Man from Glengarry (1901) and Glengarry School Days (1902).* * *
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