Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Sisters: Coming of Age & Living Dangerously in the Wild Copper River Valley

Autor Samme Gallaher, Aileen Gallaher
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2004
In 1926, beautiful Aileen Gallaher left California to join trapper Slim Williams in the wild Copper River Valley. Theirs was a perilous existence spent in isolated cabins, bucking heavy snows, uncertain river ice, and fierce cold. Yet Aileen fell in love with Slim and with the country, missing only female companionship. Enter Samme, her tenacious fifteen-year-old sister. Their lively and honest story details their emotional coming of age in a strange land that is still little known.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 8350 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 125

Preț estimativ în valută:
1598 1658$ 1336£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 22 februarie-08 martie

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780974501420
ISBN-10: 0974501425
Pagini: 189
Dimensiuni: 139 x 215 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Epicenter Press (WA)

Textul de pe ultima copertă

In 1926, Aileen Gallaher, a beautiful young woman, runs away from her difficult life in California, traveling alone by train to Seattle, then by steamship to Valdez, Alaska, where she is met by trapper Clyde C. "Slim" Williams and travels deep into the Copper River Valley. There, Aileen finds an even more difficult life. Williams had stayed behind after the Klondike godl rush, living off the land. Although she is half his age, Aileen finds happiness in thier raw existence spent in isolated cabins, facing the unrelenting challenges of wilderness survival. The fierce cold is worse than Aileen ever imagined, but she comes to love Slim and the Copper River Country. The only thing missing is female companionship. Enter Samme, Aileen's irrepressible teenage sister. SISTERs reveals their emotional coming of age in a region remote even by Alaska standards. Yet, the sisters live a charmed life.

Notă biografică