Gordon, Charles William (1860-1937), was a Canadian novelist and clergyman who wrote under the pen name of Ralph Connor. Gordon's most valued works are the series of novels he wrote about the eastern Ontario county of Glengarry, where he was born. The Man from Glengarry (1901) is the most notable work in the series. It combines dialect speech and accurate descriptions of local environment with a Christian vision of life. Gordon presented the title character, Ranald Macdonald, as the ideal Canadian hero. Gordon's other novels include Black Rock (1898) and The Sky Pilot (1899).