Campbell's Kingdom
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A gripping work of adventure fiction, Campbell's Kingdom chronicles the journey of Bruce Wetheral, a young man given only months to live who travels to the remote Canadian Rockies to claim the land left to him by his grandfather, the eccentric wildcatter Black Campbell. Wetheral arrives to find the territory embroiled in conflict, as a powerful dam-building company seeks to flood the valley and bury forever the oil reserves his grandfather spent a lifetime trying to prove existed. Hammond Innes constructs a taut, suspenseful narrative that pits one determined man against ruthless corporate interests, treacherous wilderness, and his own failing health. The novel masterfully illustrates the raw, unforgiving beauty of the Canadian landscape, using it as both backdrop and antagonist in a story driven by themes of inheritance, obsession, and the will to survive. Tense and atmospheric, it stands as one of Innes's finest achievements in the tradition of rugged, location-driven adventure storytelling.
Author: Hammond Innes
Format: Hardback
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A gripping work of adventure fiction, Campbell's Kingdom chronicles the journey of Bruce Wetheral, a young man given only months to live who travels to the remote Canadian Rockies to claim the land left to him by his grandfather, the eccentric wildcatter Black Campbell. Wetheral arrives to find the territory embroiled in conflict, as a powerful dam-building company seeks to flood the valley and bury forever the oil reserves his grandfather spent a lifetime trying to prove existed. Hammond Innes constructs a taut, suspenseful narrative that pits one determined man against ruthless corporate interests, treacherous wilderness, and his own failing health. The novel masterfully illustrates the raw, unforgiving beauty of the Canadian landscape, using it as both backdrop and antagonist in a story driven by themes of inheritance, obsession, and the will to survive. Tense and atmospheric, it stands as one of Innes's finest achievements in the tradition of rugged, location-driven adventure storytelling.