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 ...
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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."
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Add this copy of O Rugged Land of Gold to cart. $8.00, good condition, Sold by BooksRun rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Alaska Vanessa Press.
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Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Top edge of front end page clipped. Name to half-title page. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Good. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear and stain on the boards. Stain on the edges. Binding is a bit exposed. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of O Rugged Land of Gold to cart. $31.00, good condition, Sold by Tin Can Mailman rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arcata, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Alaska Vanessa Press.
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Fair in Fair dust jacket. Coverboards are worn at corners and at top and bottom edges of spine. Dark spotting on coverboards and foxing on text edges and endpapers. Pages are toned, and there is a bit of a good, old-book musty smell. Dust jacket is creased and chipped along edges and flap folds. Several closed tears along top edge of DJ. Inside of DJ is foxed.; The author's inspiring story of her own survival in the Alaskan wilderness. "It was winter in Alaska and she was a woman alone in a wilderness cabin. Her husband was missing-or dead. Her right arm was broken. One leg was useless. And she was awaiting the birth of her child! This is the magnificent true story of that woman." Green coverboards with yellow titles on cover and spine. Text is clean and unmarked. Front endpapers are illustrated with a map of location. Spine is intact. Dust jacket is protected in a new mylar cover. A fascinating story! ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches; 223 pages.
Add this copy of O Rugged Land of Gold to cart. $48.92, very good condition, Sold by Robin Summers Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Aldeburgh, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1953 by Victor Gollancz.
Add this copy of O Rugged Land of Gold to cart. $58.64, very good condition, Sold by Burwood Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickham Market, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1953 by Victor Gollancz.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 253. Map on both front endpapers. Original publisher's red cloth lettered gilt at the spine. The publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on the verso half title, reading 'file copy. ' A novel, though it was thought to be autobiographical when it first appeared that concerns the hardship a pregnant woman faces, alone in the Alaskan wilderness during the 1920s. Martha Martin was the pseudonym of Heather Boylan. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket.
