East of the Mountains
- ISBN-10
- 1408834758
- ISBN-13
- 9781408834756
- Series
- East of the Mountains
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-05-01
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- David Guterson
Description
When Dr Ben Givens left his Seattle home he never intended to return. It was to be a journey past snow-covered mountains to a place of canyons, sagelands and orchards, where, on the verges of the Columbia River, Ben had entered the world and would now take his leave of it.
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