The year is 1900 in gold-prospecting Alaska. Essie, a Midwestern farm girl fleeing from a stormy marriage, joins up with prospectors bound for Nome, where the golden sands teem with dreamers, schemers, and high rollers. When Leonard, Essie's stubborn and volatile husband, travels north, astonishing scenes of pursuit, sacrifice, and crucial decision rise to a conclusion that is both surprising and inevitable. Powerfully evoking a past world and the variable territory of the heart, this novel establishes Peter C. Brown as a consummate storyteller. Reading group guide included.
- ISBN10 0393329755
- ISBN13 9780393329759
- Publish Date 8 January 2007
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 26 February 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Paperback
- Pages 430
- Language English