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 176
... face and eyes , but Fogarty expressed it better when with ghoulish humor he muttered as they attacked him in a score of different places : ' Stand fast , Milord , or they'll fly off with you . ' The two men found macabre delight in ...
... face and eyes , but Fogarty expressed it better when with ghoulish humor he muttered as they attacked him in a score of different places : ' Stand fast , Milord , or they'll fly off with you . ' The two men found macabre delight in ...
Page 179
... face , for the Indians were engulfed in a most putrid stench . However , when Fogarty came close he burst into laughter and pointed to the man's face : ' Some kind of animal grease , probably rotting . Keeps away mosquitoes , but it ...
... face , for the Indians were engulfed in a most putrid stench . However , when Fogarty came close he burst into laughter and pointed to the man's face : ' Some kind of animal grease , probably rotting . Keeps away mosquitoes , but it ...
Page 188
... face a desperate crisis , ' and Fogarty asked weakly : ' Will my death be considered such a crisis ? ' Luton replied : ' I am determined that we shall reach Dawson , you and I. And these cans may be the agency that enables us to do so ...
... face a desperate crisis , ' and Fogarty asked weakly : ' Will my death be considered such a crisis ? ' Luton replied : ' I am determined that we shall reach Dawson , you and I. And these cans may be the agency that enables us to do so ...
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