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The Valley of Silent Men A Story of the Three River Country

The Valley of Silent Men A Story of the Three River Country

Curwood, James Oliver

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Mystery & ThrillerClassic FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 141793607X
ISBN13: 9781417936076
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 4 2005
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.68 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Valley of Silent Men is a novel written by James Oliver Curwood that tells the story of a man named Philip Weyman who is searching for his lost brother in the wilderness of the Three River Country. Along the way, he meets a group of men who live in a remote valley and are known as the Silent Men because of their vow of silence. Weyman becomes involved in their struggles against a corrupt mining company and falls in love with a woman named Neewa, who is half-Native American. The novel explores themes of love, loyalty, and the clash between modern civilization and the natural world. It is a gripping tale of adventure and survival set in the rugged Canadian wilderness.1920. Most of Curwood�������s stories were adventure tales set in the Canadian North, where the author spent much of his time. During the 1920s his books were among the most popular in North America, and many were made into movies. The River�������s End was the first book to sell more than 100,000 copies in its first edition. The book begins: Before the railroad�������s thin lines of steel bit their way up through the wilderness, Athabasca Landing was the picturesque threshold over which one must step who would enter into the mystery and adventure of the great white North. It is still Iskwatam-the door which opens to the lower reaches of the Athabasca, the Slave, and the Mackenzie. It is somewhat difficult to find on the map, yet it is there, because history is written in more than a hundred and forty years of romance and tragedy and adventure in the lives of men, and it not easily forgotten. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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