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The Land God Gave to Cain is a 1958 adventure novel by the British writer Hammond Innes. It was published in the UK by Collins and in the United States by Knopf. [1] After a plane crash in a remote part of Labrador, a British civil engineer heads out to investigate based on some radio messages his father has overheard.
The people in need of rescuing perhaps are two members of an expedition who have been given up for dead. The story is narrated by Ian Ferguson, and he learns of the men’s fate when he discovers notes left by his dead father, a radio ham operator, suggesting that two men are stranded in Labrador.
In the endless frozen landscape, he will risk his life to save another—and prove his father right. To research The Land God Gave to Cain, author Hammond Innes trekked across rough country,...
The Land God Gave to Cain. Hammond Innes. Pan, 1998 - Newfoundland - 386 pages. Ian Ferguson alone held the key to the disaster that had overtaken a geological survey team more than two thousand...
Nov 15, 2016 · A young man battles the odds to rescue a lost explorer on Canada’s remote Labrador Peninsula in this “literate and exciting adventure story” (Kirkus Reviews). Radio operator James Ferguson was seriously wounded in a bombing mission during World War II.
Oct 9, 2011 · To research The Land God Gave to Cain, author Hammond Innes trekked across rough country, hearing the stories of the men who risked their lives to tame the exotic land. Innes was a master at weaving research, landscape, and heart-pounding action into some of the greatest thrillers of all time.
In the endless frozen landscape, he will risk his life to save another—and prove his father right. To research The Land God Gave to Cain , author Hammond Innes trekked across rough country, hearing the stories of the men who risked their lives to tame the exotic land.
