IN A FAR COUNTRY The True Story of a Mission, a Marriage, a Murder, and the Remarkable Reindeer Rescue of 1898 JOHN TALIAFERRO

"[Taliaferro's main characters] show the positive face of America's expansionist ambitions and messianic sense of destiny...a rip-snorting yarn of man pitted against the elements." --William Grimes, The New York Times

"A superb against-the-odds tale…Taliaferro…expertly introduces readers to the forces of nature, religion, culture, business and government at work in the late 1800s, as well as the smaller miracles of Lopp's relationship with his wife, Ellen." —Washington Post

"A rollicking Jack London-style tale (though more understated) with a story of love and commitment at its center." — San Antonio Express-News

"Here is the perfect Arctic adventure—smart, exciting, and all true. A hard one to put down. If you want more ice cold courage and endurance on land and sea than John Taliaferro has woven out of history, you're not getting enough frostbite lately."—Seth Kantner, author of the national bestseller, Ordinary Wolves

"Rich in detail...a thorough account of a long-forgotten adventure." —Booklist

"It is hard to believe that the epic adventures of Tom and Ellen Lopp have remained largely undiscovered until now. In a Far Country is a gripping and inspiring true story that combines all the best elements of a touching love poem, a deep and resounding history lesson, and a pulse-quickening action-adventure tale. John Taliaferro's research is impressive and thorough, and his writing is crisp and vivid. He does not impose himself on the story, but rather lets his remarkable characters and their actions breathe and live on the page. Riveting." —Jennifer Niven, author of The Ice Master and Ada Blackjack

"[Taliaferro's] well-written account focuses on the trials and triumphs of the Lopps, their family life, and their American Missionary Association work in frontier Alaska prior to and immediately after the rescue expedition. He succeeds in creating a vivid, thoughtful, and often heartbreaking portrait of a brutal yet fragile wilderness, threatened by the destabilizing encroachment of modernity into native communities." — Library Journal