JourneyIn an absorbing historical novel, five men who brave the frozen Canadian wilderness during the Klondike gold rush of 1897, risking everything to fulfill their dreams. A highly readable drama filled with the blend of fact and fiction that is Michener's trademark.((Random House--Fiction-Historical) "From the Hardcover edition. |
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... hundred miles but of something like four hundred . He said frankly that he , for one , would be more interested in the other major route , the one that was downstream most of the way , the one that focused on one of the great scarce ...
... hundred miles but of something like four hundred . He said frankly that he , for one , would be more interested in the other major route , the one that was downstream most of the way , the one that focused on one of the great scarce ...
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James Albert Michener. and more than a hundred goldseekers rode the hundred and ninety - two miles to Edmonton standing up , and happy to be doing so . Lord Luton , surveying this crush of humanity , said : ' It's been like the meander ...
James Albert Michener. and more than a hundred goldseekers rode the hundred and ninety - two miles to Edmonton standing up , and happy to be doing so . Lord Luton , surveying this crush of humanity , said : ' It's been like the meander ...
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... hundred and sixteen miles as the crow flies , but . . . ' Philip completed the sentence : ' We ain't crows . ' Harry nodded in his direction and said : ' The winding way we'll have to go looks to be just over twelve hundred miles ...
... hundred and sixteen miles as the crow flies , but . . . ' Philip completed the sentence : ' We ain't crows . ' Harry nodded in his direction and said : ' The winding way we'll have to go looks to be just over twelve hundred miles ...
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