+ − NY Times p26 Ja 9 ’21 370w
“A slight, but in its own way, engaging tale.”
+ Springf’d Republican p7a N 21 ’20 230w
CURWOOD, JAMES OLIVER. Valley of silent men; a story of the Three River country. il $2 (2½c) Cosmopolitan bk. corporation
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James Kent was a member of the Royal mounted police in the far northwest of Canada. When he believes himself dying he confesses to a murder for which another man is condemned to die setting the latter free. But Kent does not die and now it is his turn to hang. A mystery girl appears in the nick of time and helps him to escape. Their scow is wrecked in the rapids of the Athabasca river and Marette is apparently drowned. To reach her home in the “Valley of silent men” is now the only worthwhile goal left to Kent. With his last strength he finds it and also Marette. It is a story of self-sacrifices prompted by gratitude, of friendships and heroic love and of dark deeds—all of which come to light in the Valley of silent men.
+ Booklist 17:156 Ja ’21
“This is by no means a remarkable western adventure tale, but for undiluted romance, tinged with the flavor of adventure that always accompanies mention of the R. N. W. P., ‘The valley of silent men’ cannot be surpassed.”
+ Boston Transcript p7 O 23 ’20 270w + N Y Times p22 N 7 ’20 770w