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 95
... Sweet Afton and said jocularly : ' I'll caulk that wall , ' but he was one of the first down to the creek search- ing for mud , and far upstream he came upon one of those apparently random deposits of earth which had a modified clay ...
... Sweet Afton and said jocularly : ' I'll caulk that wall , ' but he was one of the first down to the creek search- ing for mud , and far upstream he came upon one of those apparently random deposits of earth which had a modified clay ...
Page 117
... Sweet Afton and with wild gestures indicated huge blocks of ice coming down the Gravel and battering the Sweet Afton and the cabin into small kindling : ' Then what you do ? No boat ? No cabin ? What in hell you goin ' do ? ' He would ...
... Sweet Afton and with wild gestures indicated huge blocks of ice coming down the Gravel and battering the Sweet Afton and the cabin into small kindling : ' Then what you do ? No boat ? No cabin ? What in hell you goin ' do ? ' He would ...
Page 135
... Sweet Afton floated swiftly down the broad crest of the river . ' You did your best , ' Carpenter said , and Fogarty added : ' No force could save him , Milord . You tried . ' But Blythe , standing at the rear of the boat , could only ...
... Sweet Afton floated swiftly down the broad crest of the river . ' You did your best , ' Carpenter said , and Fogarty added : ' No force could save him , Milord . You tried . ' But Blythe , standing at the rear of the boat , could only ...
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