The memoirs of Stockholm Sven
(Large Print)
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Fletcher Memorial Library - LARGEPRINT - Main Library | LP FIC Mil | Large Print | On Shelf |
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Large Print
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519 pages : 22 cm.
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English
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"In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves a restless life in Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago where darkness reigns four months of the year and he might witness the splendor of the Northern Lights one night and be attacked by a polar bearthe next. But his time as a miner ends when an avalanche nearly kills him, leaving him disfigured, and Sven flees even further, to an uninhabited fjord. There, with the company of a loyal dog, he builds a hut and lives alone, testing himself against theelements. The teachings of a Finnish fur trapper, along with encouraging letters from his family and a Scottish geologist who befriended him in the mining camp, get him through his first winter. Years into his routine isolation, the arrival of an unlikelyvisitor salves his loneliness, sparking a chain of surprising events that will bring Sven into a family of fellow castoffs and determine the course of the rest of his life. Written with wry humor and in prose as breathtaking as the stark landscape it evokes, The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is a testament to the strength of our human bonds, reminding us that even in the most inhospitable conditions on the planet, we are not beyond the reach of love"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Miller, N. I. (2022). The memoirs of Stockholm Sven (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Miller, Nathaniel Ian. 2022. The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Miller, Nathaniel Ian. The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Miller, Nathaniel Ian. The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022.
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