1897 A Mark Sutherland Adventure by Kimberly Mullins – Review by Roxsanne Lesieur.

1897 A Mark Sutherland Adventure by Kimberly Mullins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Mark Sutherland is a man who is chasing his dreams, he works as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and has a keen sense of adventure and this job is the perfect one because he can travel and work all at the same time. After a childhood filled with upheaval. he has always had the itch to keep moving and chasing the next adventure, but he has one which has lasted the longest, however the newspaper he is working for has other ideas and so he goes where the news takes him.

Just when he is starting to feel antsy, the editor asks him to travel to a small town in middle America to investigate a story which could be extraordinary if proven, however, when he gets there, it isn’t quite the story he imagined, but it wasn’t a wasted trip as he meets someone who leads him to his next adventure. As soon as he sends his articles to his editor, he sets off to an exciting venture where he learns something new about the world and how it is changing to meet the new demands as a new century is on the horizon.

At long last, he receives the news that his biggest dream has finally been accepted and he gets to follow his heart to the arctic frontier to follow the gold rush, but the caveat is that he has to make his travels into a series. This is more than exciting news and Mark goes home so that he can prepare and spend some time with his family before his dream comes true.

He finalises his plans and sets off northwards and the start of his journey, he writes about every step of the way, as well as meeting new people and gauging their reasons for taking the same journey and some even become friends as the harsh reality of life in this unforgiving environment hits, but will he survive the elements and bring back the articles and gold home with him, or will he succumb to the wilds? This is a fast-paced historical adventure which takes you through America and into the Canadian wilderness as you follow the gold rush fever and see it through the eyes of those following it.

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