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
... light was most needed for specific tasks . When the log cabin was properly roofed , its sides erected and lashed securely to the corner posts , the two younger men re- joiced that the hard work was over , but Carpenter and Fogarty soon ...
... light was most needed for specific tasks . When the log cabin was properly roofed , its sides erected and lashed securely to the corner posts , the two younger men re- joiced that the hard work was over , but Carpenter and Fogarty soon ...
Page 217
... light , The passage through dark seas uncharted still , The desert that they claim no man can pass , The virgin mountain peaks ne'er stepped upon , The lure of gold still hiding in the ground , The call , the call from some untended ...
... light , The passage through dark seas uncharted still , The desert that they claim no man can pass , The virgin mountain peaks ne'er stepped upon , The lure of gold still hiding in the ground , The call , the call from some untended ...
Page 219
... light , Perceptible from any vale in which I and my helpers struggled . It would be A constant beacon , milestone in the sky , Signalling far Calling to goal . I did not comprehend that it could function Only by flashing back light from ...
... light , Perceptible from any vale in which I and my helpers struggled . It would be A constant beacon , milestone in the sky , Signalling far Calling to goal . I did not comprehend that it could function Only by flashing back light from ...
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