In the year 1853, Grushenka Kosnova, the beautiful young bride of Baron Alex Karloff, sailed from her beloved Russian to a barren outpost on the Alaskan frontier. A woman alone in a desolate land of coarse men, she faced the cruelty of the ruthless Count Pieter Dobshansky - and the betrayal of her own husband...
THE RUSSIANS is the extraordinary saga of Grushenka's lone struggle and of the men and women who challenged an untamed Alaska.
YURI BORODIN, trapper and poet, the man with the balaika who won Grushenka heart.
HAMMERWATER KATE, the daughter she never knew, adopted byRED PORCUPINE
LONG JOHN EMERSON, the great American trapper, who fought to win the love of a highborn Russian woman.
LUDMILLA ANDREIOVNA, the Russian princess who sought her destiny in a strange new land.
THE RUSSIANSis the epic tale of men and women whose lives were forever changed by the haunting land they conquered. A stirring work of fiction, it is a testament to the courage of those who triumphed.
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mass market paperback. Condition: VERY GOOD-. (1st printing). Tight, bright, and clean with faintest curve to spine. Reading creases on spine and single crease on front cover. In the 1850s "They came as strangers to an unmapped wilderness, seeking freedom on the Alaskan frontier.6.6x4.2x1.5"Â Migrated Template. Seller Inventory # 8-2P009
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