Due North

by Mitchell Smith

Book Overview

Traumatized by the death of her husband, who was mauled by a bear while she watched, Sarah Maher leaves her life as a fur trapper in Alaska and returns to civilization for the first time in years.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671738771
• ISBN13: 9780671738778
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Due North

I was also captivated, and now haunted by this book. Although I lack the character this woamn had, I identified with her in so many ways. The scene of her husband getting mauled by the bear is forever engraved in my head. I can't believe it is out of print; this book should be required reading for everyone.

The book is a miracle, one of the best books I've ever read

I've been wanting for some time to write to Mitchell Smith (I've never written to an author before), to try and tell him how much I loved this tremendous book. Does anyone have an e-mail address for him? Has anyone out there ever contacted him and asked why this book was allowed to go out of print? Or just thanked him for writing it? Please let me know...karen craft

A book I shall remember for ever

I read a lot of novels. Sometimes I forget the name of the author, more often I forget the name of the book. The first words of Due North I shall remember for ever - and I only read it once. After borrowing this extraordinary book from the library I went out to buy copies for myself and for my friends. I was devastated to find it was already out of print. No author deserves such a short life for his work, and especially not for a work as strong as this. The first line? If you want to know, you'll just have to find the book and read it. Badger the publisher into a reprint.

A Woman's Life in Alaska Wilderness

Mitchell Smith has written novels with tremendously varied settings. Stone City took place in a prison. This novel deals with a woman's life alone in the wilderness of northern Alaska. She lives there because she likes living there. Novelists are often cautioned to write about what they know best. Smith is neither a woman nor an Alaskan, but this book of an arduous life is fascinating, and seems very realistic. I highly recommend it.