The wind is not a river

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The work The wind is not a river represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The wind is not a river

Statement of responsibility

Brian Payton

Creator

• Payton, Brian, 1966-

Subject

• Wilderness survival -- Fiction
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Alaska -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Helen, he heads north to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a story censored by the U.S. government. While John is accompanying a crew on a bombing run, his plane is shot down over the island of Attu. He survives only to find himself exposed to a harsh and unforgiving wilderness, known as "the birthplace of winds." There, John must battle the elements, starvation, and his own remorse while evading discovery by the Japanese. Alone at home, Helen struggles with the burden of her husband's disappearance. Caught in extraordinary circumstances, in this new world of the missing, she is forced to reimagine who she is--and what she is capable of doing. Somehow, she must find John and bring him home, a quest that takes her into the farthest reaches of the war, beyond the safety of everything she knows."-- Dust jacket flap

Cataloging source

CCD

Dewey number

813/.6

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary form

novels