The Alaskan
Record details
- ISBN: 9781421822471 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1421822474 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 p. )
remote
electronic resource - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Fairfield, IA : 1st World Library Literary Society, c2006.
Content descriptions
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Alaska Fiction |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library. (Show preferred library)
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | DIGITAL (Text) | 61371-1001 | Alaska Digital Library E-Book | Available | - |
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Summary
The Alaskan
Captain Rifle, gray and old in the Alaskan Steamship service, had not lost the spirit of his youth along with his years. Romance was not dead in him, and the fire which is built up of clean adventure and the association of strong men and a mighty country had not died out of his veins. He could still see the picturesque, feel the thrill of the unusual, and - at times - warm memories crowded upon him so closely that yesterday seemed today, and Alaska was young again, thrilling the world with her wild call to those who had courage to come and fight for her treasures, and live - or die. Tonight, with the softly musical throb of his ship under his feet, and the yellow moon climbing up from behind the ramparts of the Alaskan mountains, something of loneliness seized upon him, and he said simply: