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Starred Review on January 1, 2017 | Audio
Walter Forrester, a self-described "stubborn old man" without living relatives, contacts Alaska museum curator Joshua Sloan with an offer to donate numerous effects of his great-uncle Lt. Col. Allen Forrester and Forrester's wife, Sophie. In 1885, Allen Forrester embarked on a formidable mission to chart the Wolverine River, leaving newly pregnant Sophie in Vancouver Barracks, WA. The colonel's notebooks reveal the expected life-threatening challenges—lack of food, potentially hostile Natives, invincible nature—but also his shock from experiencing inexplicable, otherworldly occurrences. Meanwhile, Sophie di...Log In or Sign Up to Read More


