Journey - Large Print Author:James A. Michener A journey across Canada's frozen north is fraught with danger, triumph and tragedy for four aristocratic Englishmen and their Irish servant. Lord Evelyn Luton, Harry Carpenter, Philip Henslow and Trevor Blythe embark on the perilous adventure for the sake of the fabled Canadian gold. Through a misguided sense of patriotism on Lord Luton'... more »s part, the group chooses the most difficult route from Edmonton down the forbidding Mackenzie River. Luton feels that they must bake the entire journey on British soil, and thus spruns the much easier way through American territory. This is only the first in a series of bad decisions. Journey clearly illustrates the folly of blind boedience to rigidly entrenched values.« less