The Resource Leap of faith, Jenny Pattrick
Leap of faith, Jenny Pattrick
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- Summary
- "Billy is a young, impressionable dreamer. In 1907, he strikes off on his own, keen to prove himself an able worker on the new railroad. It's being cut through steep mountainsides and across deep gullies to join the two ends of the Main Trunk Line. Also drawn to the remote worker settlements are miners from Denniston, young men fresh off the boat, sly-groggers, temperance campaigners, women following their menfolk, local Maori and a varied assortment of people after a new life or a quick buck. Among them is a preacher, Gabriel Locke, who is running from a shady past and determined to avoid the daily grind. With untimely and suspicious deaths, the horrendous weather, impossible deadlines, the rugged landscape and a blossoming romance, it will take a lot more than a leap of faith for this disparate group to complete the railroad and build the magnificent Makatote viaduct ..."--Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Leap of faith
- Title
- Leap of faith
- Statement of responsibility
- Jenny Pattrick
- Subject
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- trueFrontier and pioneer life
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMaori (New Zealand people)
- trueNew Zealand -- History -- 20th century
- New Zealand fiction -- 21st century
- Railroad construction workers -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueRailroad workers
- trueRailroads -- Design and construction
- Railroads -- New Zealand -- Design and construction | History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueSuspicion
- trueYoung men
- New Zealand -- History -- 1876-1918 -- Fiction
- trueAccidents
- trueAmbition in men
- trueBlue collar workers
- Clergy -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Billy is a young, impressionable dreamer. In 1907, he strikes off on his own, keen to prove himself an able worker on the new railroad. It's being cut through steep mountainsides and across deep gullies to join the two ends of the Main Trunk Line. Also drawn to the remote worker settlements are miners from Denniston, young men fresh off the boat, sly-groggers, temperance campaigners, women following their menfolk, local Maori and a varied assortment of people after a new life or a quick buck. Among them is a preacher, Gabriel Locke, who is running from a shady past and determined to avoid the daily grind. With untimely and suspicious deaths, the horrendous weather, impossible deadlines, the rugged landscape and a blossoming romance, it will take a lot more than a leap of faith for this disparate group to complete the railroad and build the magnificent Makatote viaduct ..."--Publisher's website
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10563366
- Cataloging source
- NZHPC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1936-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pattrick, Jenny
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
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- Clergy
- Railroad construction workers
- Railroads
- New Zealand
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Leap of faith, Jenny Pattrick
- Note
- Novel
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
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- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059798934
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 346 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143770916
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
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- System control number
- (OCoLC)979244943
- Label
- Leap of faith, Jenny Pattrick
- Note
- Novel
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- cartographic image
- text
- Content type code
-
- cri
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059798934
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 346 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143770916
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)979244943
Subject
- trueConstruction workers
- trueFrontier and pioneer life
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMaori (New Zealand people)
- trueNew Zealand -- History -- 20th century
- New Zealand fiction -- 21st century
- Railroad construction workers -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueRailroad workers
- trueRailroads -- Design and construction
- Railroads -- New Zealand -- Design and construction | History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueSuspicion
- trueYoung men
- New Zealand -- History -- 1876-1918 -- Fiction
- trueAccidents
- trueAmbition in men
- trueBlue collar workers
- Clergy -- New Zealand -- Fiction
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