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 20
... easy trail to the Peace River , cross a low divide , pick up the Liard River , move quickly to the Pelly , and drift comfortably down to a confluence with the Yukon , from which the gold fields would be only a few more miles , all ...
... easy trail to the Peace River , cross a low divide , pick up the Liard River , move quickly to the Pelly , and drift comfortably down to a confluence with the Yukon , from which the gold fields would be only a few more miles , all ...
Page 56
... easy but it can be done . There you'll find the Bell . Drift down it , easy paddling , and in due course you'll hit the Porcupine , a grand river . Turn right . Keep going downstream , and with no trouble , little pad- dling , you'll ...
... easy but it can be done . There you'll find the Bell . Drift down it , easy paddling , and in due course you'll hit the Porcupine , a grand river . Turn right . Keep going downstream , and with no trouble , little pad- dling , you'll ...
Page 199
... easy . ' ' Easy ? ' Luton asked in a distant , displeased manner . ' Yes . That fall when you put me on the big boat , ice chased us up the river . In the spring in our boat , we chased it down . Like everyone advised us , we found the ...
... easy . ' ' Easy ? ' Luton asked in a distant , displeased manner . ' Yes . That fall when you put me on the big boat , ice chased us up the river . In the spring in our boat , we chased it down . Like everyone advised us , we found the ...
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