To the bright edge of the world : a novel / Eowyn Ivey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ivey, Eowyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientific expeditions--Alaska--Fiction.

Scientific expeditions.

Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska--Fiction.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Indians of North America--Alaska--Fiction.

Indians of North America.

Pregnant women--Fiction.

Pregnant women.

History.

Photography.

Alaska.

Photography--Fiction.

Alaska--History--1867-1959--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Adventure fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

417 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

Summary:

In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads an exploratory expedition up the Wolverine River and into the vast, untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his newly pregnant wife, Forrester records his extraordinary experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn't return. As they map the territory and gather information on native tribes, whose understanding of the natural world is unlike anything they have ever encountered, Forrester and his team can't escape the sense that some great, mysterious force threatens their lives. Meanwhile, in Vancouver, Sophie chafes under the social restrictions of a pregnant woman on her own, and yearns to travel alongside her husband. She, too, explores nature, through the new art of photography, unaware that the coming winter will test her own courage and faith to the breaking point. -- adapted from book jacket.

ISBN:

9780316242851

0316242853

OCLC:

953698999

Publisher Number:

99968431764