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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Արդյունքներ 34–ի 1-ից 3-ը:
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... remember the Portage des Chats very well . I look at the painting of the great falls , the spray flung from the rocks , the tumbling waters below , all overhung with twisted pines . On the left , in the foreground , I see the ...
... remember the Portage des Chats very well . I look at the painting of the great falls , the spray flung from the rocks , the tumbling waters below , all overhung with twisted pines . On the left , in the foreground , I see the ...
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... remember the howling of wolves in the night forest - but these I never saw until the winter came and diverse rustlings in the undergrowth . I remember how the chipmunks came foraging right into our tent and even into my pockets , where ...
... remember the howling of wolves in the night forest - but these I never saw until the winter came and diverse rustlings in the undergrowth . I remember how the chipmunks came foraging right into our tent and even into my pockets , where ...
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... remember fiery sunsets as we looked into the empty wilderness ahead of us . I mind pale dawns and pips , and the endless paddling through the long heat of summer days . I remember the practised haste of the voyageurs , jog - trotting ...
... remember fiery sunsets as we looked into the empty wilderness ahead of us . I mind pale dawns and pips , and the endless paddling through the long heat of summer days . I remember the practised haste of the voyageurs , jog - trotting ...
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