O Rugged Land of Gold - Softcover

Martin, Martha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0940055007 ISBN 13: 9780940055001

Publisher: Alaska Vanessa Press, 1989

Synopsis

In O Rugged Land of Gold share the triumph of a woman -- alone, injured, pregnant -- on a remote Alaskan island in winter.

 

"I was furious.  If I had a gun, I'd have shot them dead.  Those lazy, stupid men kept right on going and left me alone.  Not once had they looked in my direction, and me needing help so bad.  I was so mad at them that I cussed.  I screamed cusses at them until I was hoarse.  I said all the bad words I had ever heard in all my life, and I invented some new ones, too.  I wished the tow-line would break and they would lose every last log; wished their old logs would go to China.  I stood up and shook my fist at the disappearing boat.

   When it had gone from sight, I dropped down and cried.  I shed tears of helpless rage and of utter defeat."

...

 

"An old bear came and sniffed me.  He really did.  It was in the first gray of dawn.  I had dozed, and the sound of him coming roused me.  I kept perfectly still, hardly breathing, and straining my ears and eyes to learn what and where the sound was.  Then I smelled him and knew for certain it was a bear.  All the primitive instincts of fear within me were aroused.  My heart pounded in my throat, and I could feel my flesh creep.  I drew myself up and made myself little and tight.  I kept still as death."

About this title

About the Author

Martha Martin is the pen name of Helen Bolyan.  She is the author of another book, Home on the Bear's Domain (1954).

Edition details

• Publisher: Alaska Vanessa Press
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0940055007
• ISBN 13: 9780940055001
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226