eowyn ivey to the bright edge of the world

Instead she is confined to gossip and idleness, and the boredom of it does her character ill.' Of her frenemy Evelyn, she notes, 'If she had been born a man, I wonder if she might have been clever and daring, if not somewhat wild.

Smart, inquisitive, self-reliant, and kind, she steals a book from the military installation's gruff doctor, the better to understand her difficult confinement, develops her practice as a photographer, and contends with the casual cruelty of her fellow women. Luckily, Ivey gives her readers both the Colonel's journey and the account of his pregnant wife, Sophie, who has her own challenges to face back at the Vancouver Barracks in 'the remote Washington Territory' as their Boston Herald wedding announcement describes it. Less often do we get the story of the women that such men leave behind. The tale of the manly explorer up against grueling frontier hardships is, of course, an archetype. As one might expect - and as makes for an absorbing and high-stakes read - all does not go according to plan, and the strangeness and peril the men encounter is even more mysterious and stunning than they had anticipated. 16' states, 'The objective is to map the interior of the Territory and document information regarding the native tribes in order to be prepared for any future serious disturbances' and to 'ascertain … climate, severity of winter, and means of communication.' The men plan to reach the mouth of the river by March to travel up it by ice and then arrive 'at the well-mapped Yukon River before winter' to board a steamboat to the coast. As one of the documents, 'Special Order No. Allen Forrester's mission to scout the deadly Wolverine River for the United States government. Composed of a compellingly paced collage of fictional letters, diary entries, imagined newspaper articles, assorted objects and images, 'To the Bright Edge of the World' depicts war hero Col.

Eowyn ivey to the bright edge of the world