[B] R. M. Ballantyne, The pioneers: a tale of the western wilderness, illustrative of the adventures and discoveries of Sir Alexander MacKenzie (1880)

Written by Scottish author Richard Ballantyne, a propagator of colonialist adventure fiction for boys, The Pioneers is an example of the ‘Boy’s Own’ genre.

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