White River Crossing by Ian McGuire
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| Management number | 61742124 | Release Date | 2026/03/03 | List Price | US$12.86 | Model Number | 61742124 | ||
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White River Crossing by Ian McGuire
Brand New Arc Copy
Paperback
Genre: Historical Thriller
A breathtaking and cinematic novel about the lust for gold and its bloody consequences, set in the unforgiving landscape of the sub-Arctic Canadian wilderness, from the acclaimed author of The North Water
A ragged fur peddler arrives at a remote outpost of the Hudson Bay Company in the winter of 1766 with a lump of gold, claiming that there is plenty more like it further north at a place called Ox Lake. The outpost’s chief factor, Magnus Norton, dreams of instant riches and launches a secret and perilous expedition to find the treasure and bring it back.
Led by a family of native guides, the party of prospectors includes Norton’s brutish deputy, John Shaw, and Thomas Hearn, the insular and intellectual first mate from the factory’s whaling sloop. During their long journey north, Shaw’s callousness and arrogance lead him to commit an act of sexual violence whose disastrous consequences
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| Category | Books > Fiction Books > Thriller Fiction Books |
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| Size | N/A |
| Brand | Bestseller |
| Condition | New |
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