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Summary:

In Washington State, a widowed doctor suffering from cancer takes a hunting trip, the real purpose of which is to commit suicide, which he will masquerade as an accident. But Dr. Ben Givens' resolve is tested by several events which reaffirm the joy of living--he cheats death by fighting off wolves and helps a girl give birth.

Author/Creator:

Guterson, David

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

East of the mountains [by Guterson, D.]

Subjects:

Colon (Anatomy) — Cancer — Patients — Fiction

Reminiscing in old age — Fiction

Hunting accidents — Fiction

Suicide victims — Fiction

Seattle (Wash.) — Fiction

Surgeons — Fiction

Older men — Fiction

Colon (Anatomy) — Cancer — Patients

Colon (Anatomy)

Reminiscing in old age

Hunting accidents

Suicide victims

Surgeons

Older men.

Washington (State) — Seattle

Washington (State) — Southeast Seattle

Genres:

Fiction

Physical Description:

279 pages : map ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

PS3557.U846 E22 1999

ISBNs:

0151002290

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

98040512

OCLC Numbers:

39706973