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Description: Adventure, mystery, romance - Mr. Cooper has skillfully blended all three in a novel of the Northwest, where a nation was building civilization almost to the fringe of the Artic circle. Into this dramatic struggle of railroading in the wilds came Kirk Devore, a new recruit. This is his story--Adapted from jacket.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1931]
Call number: 644089
Creator: Cooper, Courtney Ryley (1886-1940)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of the Estate of Donald Duke, 2015.
Dimensions: 20 cm
Associated people: Duke, Donald, (1929-2010,)
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