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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... English lyrical poetry . Trevor had , of course , made himself familiar with most of the poems , but since he aspired to adding perhaps a lyric or two of his own to the grand assembly , he wished to know the works intimately . On this ...
... English lyrical poetry . Trevor had , of course , made himself familiar with most of the poems , but since he aspired to adding perhaps a lyric or two of his own to the grand assembly , he wished to know the works intimately . On this ...
Page 112
... English fashion , his second as if it were the French equivalent , Michel , accenting the last syllable . He told Luton that he had come north twelve years before from the District of Saskatchewan when some terrible battle with the English ...
... English fashion , his second as if it were the French equivalent , Michel , accenting the last syllable . He told Luton that he had come north twelve years before from the District of Saskatchewan when some terrible battle with the English ...
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... English complexion , ' but she did have what Trevor Blythe had recognized , a positively glowing inner fire that made whatever she said sound reasonable and whatever she did seem humane . ' Best of her breed , ' Harry whispered to ...
... English complexion , ' but she did have what Trevor Blythe had recognized , a positively glowing inner fire that made whatever she said sound reasonable and whatever she did seem humane . ' Best of her breed , ' Harry whispered to ...
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