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Polly Evans
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Publisher | Bantam | ||
ISBN | 9780553819434 | ||
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Vicky
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Synopsis
In the dead of winter, Polly Evans ventures to the remote Yukon Territory in Canada's far northwest, where temperatures plunge to minus forty and the sun rises for just a few hours each day. Her mission: to learn to drive sled dogs. But when she arrives, she finds there's more to this unspoilt wilderness than deathly cold. In a pristine landscape patrolled by wolves and caribou, Polly takes her first bruising lessons in the art of mushing. But before the snows melt in spring, she hones her skills and becomes infatuated with this brutal, beautiful land where jagged gems of hoar frost glisten on the spruce boughs and the northern lights weave green and red across the skies. Above all, she discovers a deep affection for the loving, mischievous huskies who with such courage and enthusiasm escort her through the lone white trails of the unforgiving north.
Polly Evans in 2007 by Victoria Warren
Review
Mad Dogs and an Englishwoman is the fifth book that I've read of Polly Evans and every time she has me riveted to the pages with her journey through what ever country she is in. This time it is in the Yukon Territory of the far north west of Canada - the people she meets and places she goes to, but also the history that goes with the places.
Polly wanted to experience the thrills and spills of the Yukon Quest dogsled race and to see Dawson the city which grew up in response to the Klondike gold rush. Everything seemed to happen in a rush but I loved how she gives us such a fantastic history lesson. My only comment would be that she is not emotional about her own feelings on what she goes through, none the less she does keep me glued to the page wanting more.
I highly recommend this book and look forward to the next one. You can listen to her interview now.
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