One of the premier novelists of the twentieth century, James A. Michener
captures a frenzied time when sane men and women risked their very lives
in a forbidding Arctic land to win a dazzling and elusive prize: Yukon
gold. In 1897, gold fever sweeps the world. The promise of untold riches
lures thousands of dreamers from all walks of life on a perilous trek
toward fortune, failure--or death. Journey is an immersive account of
the adventures of four English aristocrats and their Irish servant as
they haul across cruel Canadian terrain toward the Klondike gold fields.
Vivid and sweeping, featuring Michener's probing insights into the
follies and grandeur of the human spirit, this is the kind of novel only
he could write.
Praise for Journey
"Stunning . . . Michener at his best."--Houston Chronicle
"Michener brings sharply into focus the hardships encountered by those
who dreamed of striking it rich."--Associated Press
"Michener has amassed a peerless reputation as the heralded dean of the
historical tome. . . . Journey is a book that envelops the reader in
an atmosphere of hazardous escapades."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Remarkable . . . superb literature."--The Pittsburgh Press
