Originally published in 1958, *Ice Palace* is Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber's classic and mighty novel about the taming of a great northern wilderness--Alaska. Czar Kennedy came to Alaska for money and power, Thor Storm for a dream. This is the story of their struggle, over a long half-cent
Ice Palace
β Scribed by Edna Ferber
- Book ID
- 110948684
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780345806147
- ASIN
- B00B3GMNMS
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β¦ Synopsis
Originally published in 1958, Ice Palace is Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber's classic and mighty novel about the taming of a great northern wilderness--Alaska.
Czar Kennedy came to Alaska for money and power, Thor Storm for a dream. This is the story of their struggle, over a long half-century, for the future of Alaska and the destiny of their beautiful, rebellious granddaughter, Christine, a courageous woman who must make a choice that will shape the destiny of a new generation. Above all, it is the glowing and eloquent tale of Alaska itself--the last, great American frontier.
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