Voyageurs: A NovelCanongate, 2003 - 466 էջ Historisk roman. Under grænsekrigene 1812 forsvinder en engelsk kvækermissionær i den canadiske vildmark. Hendes bror drager med pelshandlerne, les voyageurs, ud på en lang rejse for om muligt at finde hende |
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Էջ 106
... night , and though the sobs were always stifled I could not help but hear . ( It was the same with Thomas and Sarah , but with them it wasn't weeping that I heard ) . Long hours at night I lay on my pallet by the banked - up fire and ...
... night , and though the sobs were always stifled I could not help but hear . ( It was the same with Thomas and Sarah , but with them it wasn't weeping that I heard ) . Long hours at night I lay on my pallet by the banked - up fire and ...
Էջ 148
... night . The scent of resin in the smoke . The pattern of pine branches overhead , and the stars between . Nights full of stars , and strange sounds carried across still water . I mind well how I first heard the call of the loon , and it ...
... night . The scent of resin in the smoke . The pattern of pine branches overhead , and the stars between . Nights full of stars , and strange sounds carried across still water . I mind well how I first heard the call of the loon , and it ...
Էջ 334
... night , and waited in the shelter of a cedar trunk , my musket ready primed , until the birds had all flown in . Then I slowly raised the gun , took my time about sighting , and got my bird . It was easily found , a little dark blob on ...
... night , and waited in the shelter of a cedar trunk , my musket ready primed , until the birds had all flown in . Then I slowly raised the gun , took my time about sighting , and got my bird . It was easily found , a little dark blob on ...
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