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 31
... Cross the Great Slave and ... ' Always Harry broke in at this point : ' Let's look at this again , Evelyn . Can we , in common sense , hope to get across the Rocky Mountains , wherever we encounter them , this autumn ? I mean , before ...
... Cross the Great Slave and ... ' Always Harry broke in at this point : ' Let's look at this again , Evelyn . Can we , in common sense , hope to get across the Rocky Mountains , wherever we encounter them , this autumn ? I mean , before ...
Page 61
... cross the Rocky Mountains . There is no avoidance , unless we want to turn back and go in the way the others go , through Alaska . ' Lord Luton , standing very erect , his arms folded behind his back , assumed a posture of command and ...
... cross the Rocky Mountains . There is no avoidance , unless we want to turn back and go in the way the others go , through Alaska . ' Lord Luton , standing very erect , his arms folded behind his back , assumed a posture of command and ...
Page 171
... cross over to the next range you'll see real mountains . New ones . All craggy and pointed peaks . Then the climbing becomes a test . ' As they descended the gentler western slope they caught their first glimpse of the splintered ...
... cross over to the next range you'll see real mountains . New ones . All craggy and pointed peaks . Then the climbing becomes a test . ' As they descended the gentler western slope they caught their first glimpse of the splintered ...
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