01421cam a2200277 i 4500 296119610 TxAuBib 20160811120000.0 160708s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2016029203 9780316242851 0316242853 eng rda TxAuBib rda Ivey, Eowyn. To the bright edge of the world [BOOK] : a novel / Eowyn Ivey. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. 417 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In the winter of 1885, Lieutenant Colonel Allen Forrester sets out with his men on an expedition into the newly acquired territory of Alaska. Their objective: to travel up the ferocious Wolverine River, mapping the interior and gathering information on the region's potentially dangerous native tribes. With a young and newly pregnant wife at home, Forrester is anxious to complete the journey with all possible speed and return to her. But once the crew passes beyond the edge of the known world, there's no telling what awaits them. 20160811. Frontier and pioneer life Alaska Fiction. Alaska History 1867-1959 Fiction. Historical fiction.