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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Page 114
... Peel . You can see its headwaters will bring us very close to Dawson . ' This arrogant dismissal of their reasoned advice , and the proposal of a route completely contrary to what they had been advising , caused a hush , but then one of ...
... Peel . You can see its headwaters will bring us very close to Dawson . ' This arrogant dismissal of their reasoned advice , and the proposal of a route completely contrary to what they had been advising , caused a hush , but then one of ...
Page 115
... Peel had not dissuaded him , and it was also clear that as a member of the nobility and leader of his expedition , he did not care to prolong the argument . The Fort Norman men saw that he had made up his mind and they knew that extreme ...
... Peel had not dissuaded him , and it was also clear that as a member of the nobility and leader of his expedition , he did not care to prolong the argument . The Fort Norman men saw that he had made up his mind and they knew that extreme ...
Page 142
... Peel , for there would be no more easy downriver drifting , Luton asked his crew : ' How is it possible that in a modern country like Canada , or the United States , there can still exist such hopeless savages ? Little better than ...
... Peel , for there would be no more easy downriver drifting , Luton asked his crew : ' How is it possible that in a modern country like Canada , or the United States , there can still exist such hopeless savages ? Little better than ...
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