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 56
... river if ever I saw one , and stay with it almost till it empties into the Arctic Ocean . But stay out of the delta ! It's a wilderness of interwoven streams and small islands . As the delta begins , you'll find the Peel River entering ...
... river if ever I saw one , and stay with it almost till it empties into the Arctic Ocean . But stay out of the delta ! It's a wilderness of interwoven streams and small islands . As the delta begins , you'll find the Peel River entering ...
Page 84
... river , for they knew that it was the last viable escape route to choose if they wished to avoid the difficult tangle of rivers at the delta , where the Mack- enzie would finally break through to the Beaufort Sea . If they elected to ...
... river , for they knew that it was the last viable escape route to choose if they wished to avoid the difficult tangle of rivers at the delta , where the Mack- enzie would finally break through to the Beaufort Sea . If they elected to ...
Page 235
... River system , and although I had not traveled upon it myself , I had flown over great stretches of it and had read many accounts of its discovery and exploration . It is a majestic river and one admirably suited to what I wanted to say ...
... River system , and although I had not traveled upon it myself , I had flown over great stretches of it and had read many accounts of its discovery and exploration . It is a majestic river and one admirably suited to what I wanted to say ...
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