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<i>The Land God Gave to Cain</i>

The Land God Gave to Cain

1958 novel by Hammond Innes

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.

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The construction of the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway forms the backdrop for the novel.[2] In 1953 Innes spent a period of time with the crews building the railway during his research.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    James Vinson & D. L. Kirkpatrick. Contemporary Novelists. St. James Press (1986), p. 455
  2. [2]
    Pitt, John. USA by Rail (2012), p. 325
  3. [3]
    Innes, Hammond. Harvest of Journeys (1960), pp. 225-234
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