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The Great Alone - by Janet Dailey (Paperback)

The Great Alone - by  Janet Dailey (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Spanning two hundred years, this saga of romance and adventure in the untamed Alaska wilderness begins with Tasha Tarakanov, a beautiful Aleut woman, and her beloved Andrei, a noble and ambitious Cossack hunter. From their union come seven generations of proud Alaskans"--Back cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A sweeping multigenerational saga of the founding of the state of Alaska by an iconic author with more than three hundred million copies of her books in print.</b> <p/> Spanning two hundred years, this saga of romance and adventure in the untamed Alaska wilderness begins with Tasha Tarakanov, a beautiful Aleut woman, and her beloved Andrei, a noble and ambitious Cossack hunter. From their union come seven generations of proud Alaskans, including the beautiful Marisha, who finds her fortune as a legendary madam, and Wylie Cole, who bravely defends his homeland during World War II. <p/> Glorious and grand, <i>The Great Alone</i> is a story of brave young men and women, whose dreams, heritage, betrayals, loves, and fortitude are as vast and wild as the land from which they sprang.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Sprawling epics are supposed to offer pageantry and exotic locales. . . . Because Janet Dailey is a well-known romance writer, one might expect love and sex. <i>The Great Alone</i> comes through on all counts." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/> "<i>The Great Alone</i> is moving, entertaining reading for lovers of romance and adventure." --<i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Janet Dailey, who passed away in 2013, was born Janet Haradon in 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa. She attended secretarial school in Omaha, Nebraska, before meeting her husband, Bill. The two worked together in construction and land development until they "retired" to travel throughout the United States, inspiring Dailey to write the Americana series of romances, setting a novel in every state of the Union. In 1974, Dailey was the first American author to write for Harlequin. Her first novel was <i>No Quarter Asked</i>. She went on to write approximately ninety novels, twenty-one of which appeared on the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller list. She won many awards and accolades for her work, appearing widely on radio and television. Today, there are over three hundred million Janet Dailey books in print in nineteen different languages, making her one of the most popular novelists in the world. For more information about Dailey, visit www.janetdailey.com.

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