![]() Only for readers who love epistolary romance novels heavy on supernatural myths. This would have been a terrible job-but all we hear is that the men carried their packs? For me, there were too many missed opportunities for accuracy and historic detail that mattered to the story being told. ![]() I understand that Columbia boats-used during the time of this story-in the Pacific Northwest were lighter and easier to portage than the York boats of central and eastern Canada-but still they weighed thousands of pounds loaded. ![]() ![]() The fact that the men in reality would have portaged thousands of pounds of gear, lined (dragged by ropes) what was most likely a Columbia boat along miles of icy river banks and then did not freeze to death when submerged "to the neck" in the "frozen" water-just to mention three things missing from the story-was disappointing. For example, things like the lack of attention and detail about the actualities of the "row boat" the men used on the exploration of the river weakened the story. I would have liked more history and a tighter story line. If you don't you will find the whole thing hard to follow as the story jumps around through time. If you decide on giving the book a try it is imperative to pay close attention to the dates announced with each narrator change. The letters and journal entries were confusing and nonlinear. ![]() For me this book was too heavy on the myth, the romance and the supernatural. ![]()
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