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The scope of Columbiathe first epic saga of our countrys final courageous thrust into the continental unknown the Pacific Northwestis as massive as the Columbia River itself The story begins nine thousand years ago when the river was new and unfolds in a magnificent family portrait spanning five generations from the end of the eighteenth century to the present
At the head of ancient family is Ilchee a Chinook Indian princess married to a white trader who founds a dynasty of rare courage Caleb her son who must learn to live in the white world of Fort Vancouver Suzanna who makes the arduous trip across the continent battling humiliation death and even love Isaac their son who builds a logging empire only to discover that destiny not timber is king Ning Ho Isaacs Chinese mistress who teaches him even more of life than of pleasure and finally Will who rejects his fathers vision to power his ownthe building of the Grand Coolie Damand Leona his wife whose secret threatens to destroy everything the family has worked to create
Columbia is a rich vivid canvas of heroes and scoundrels of men and women and their dreams of land gold timber salmon and powerdreams that begin when a nomad hunter kills a mastodon and ends with an archaeology team working frantically to uncover evidence of that kill before the Columbias waters rise to cover the past foreverand a family destiny that proves some things must be believed to be seen
Pamela Jekel is a nationallyknown novelist with four NY Times bestsellers twelve novels that have been translated into sixteen languages including Braille Large Print Editions and Kindle Library Journal hailed Columbia as a wellresearched novel of drama and passion and historical fiction at its best Publishers Weekly praised its heroine as a living breathing threedimensional character Winner of the Southwest Historical Fiction award