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The wind is not a river

Desperate to understand the war that claimed the life of his brother, journalist John Easley heads to Alaska to investigate the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands, while his wife is forced to reimagine who she is and what she is capable of doing after he disappears.

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  • "Desperate to understand the war that claimed the life of his brother, journalist John Easley heads to Alaska to investigate the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands, while his wife is forced to reimagine who she is and what she is capable of doing after he disappears."@en
  • "A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife -- separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil -- fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands."@en
  • "A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story set amid a barren and starkly beautiful landscape during one of the least-known events of World War I, the Japanese occupation of Alaska's Aleutian Islands."@en
  • "Following the death of his younger brother, journalist John Easley is determined to document some part of the war that claimed his own flesh and blood. Leaving behind his wife Helen he heads north to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. But John's plane is shot down over the island of Attu and he survives only to find himself exposed to a harsh and unforgiving wilderness..."@en
  • ""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"--Provided by publisher."@en
  • "A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss, to document some part of the growing war that claimed his own flesh and blood..."@en
  • "Following the death of his younger brother, journalist John Easley is determined to document some part of the war that claimed his own flesh and blood. Leaving behind his wife Helen he heads north to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands. But John's plane is shot down over the island of Attu and he survives only to find himself exposed to a harsh and unforgiving wilderness. Alone in their home 3,000 miles to the south, Helen struggles with the burden of her husband's disappearance. She knows she must find John and bring him home."
  • "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."@en

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  • "History"@en
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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "War stories"@en
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  • "Adventure fiction"@en
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  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en

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  • "The wind is not a river"
  • "The wind is not a river"@en
  • "The Wind Is Not a River"@en
  • "The wind is not a river : a novel"@en

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