The Alaskan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781421820477)

Captain Rifle, gray and old in the Alaskan Steamship service, had not lost the spirit of his youth along with his years. Romance was not dead in him, and the fire which is built up of clean adventure and the association of strong men and a mighty country had not died out of his veins. He could still see the picturesque, feel the thrill of the unusual, and - at times - warm memories crowded upon him so closely that yesterday seemed today, and Alaska was young again, thrilling the world with her wild call to those who had courage to come and fight for her treasures, and live - or die. Tonight, with the softly musical throb of his ship under his feet, and the yellow moon climbing up from behind the ramparts of the Alaskan mountains, something of loneliness seized upon him, and he said simply:

Author: James Oliver Curwood
ISBN-10: 1421820471
ISBN-13: 9781421820477
Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2006
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d