The Gold Hunters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781421821504)

The deep hush of noon hovered over the vast solitude of Canadian forest. The moose and caribou had fed since early dawn, and were resting quietly in the warmth of the February sun; the lynx was curled away in his niche between the great rocks, waiting for the sun to sink farther into the north and west before resuming his marauding adventures; the fox was taking his midday slumber and the restless moose-birds were fluffing themselves lazily in the warm glow that was beginning to melt the snows of late winter. It was that hour when the old hunter on the trail takes off his pack, silently gathers wood for a fire, eats his dinner and smokes his pipe, eyes and ears alert; - that hour when if you speak above a whisper, he will say to you,

Author: James Oliver Curwood
ISBN-10: 1421821508
ISBN-13: 9781421821504
Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2006
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d