Chapters (28)
- E-text prepared by Roger Frank from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
- The Luck of the Kid
- PART I
- I—NORTH OF “SIXTY”
- II—THE HOLOCAUST
- III—THE PLANNING OF LE GROS
- IV—TWO MEN OF THE NORTH
- V—THE LUCK OF THE KID
- VI—THE EURALIANS
- VII—THE VENGEANCE OF USAK
- VIII—THE VALLEY OF THE FIRE HILLS
- PART II: FIFTEEN YEARS LATER
- I—PLACER CITY
- II—THE CHEECHAKOS
- III—REINDEER FARM
- IV—WITHIN THE CIRCLE
- V—THE HOUSE IN THE VALLEY OF THE FIRE HILLS
- VI—THE EYES IN THE NIGHT
- VII—THE DREAM HILL
- VIII—BILL WILDER RE-APPEARS
- IX—THE GREAT SAVAGE
- X—DAYS OF PROMISE
- XI—CHILDREN OF THE NORTH
- XII—YOUTH SUPREME
- XIII—A WHITEMAN’S PURPOSE
- XIV—A WHITEMAN’S WORD
- XV—THE IRONY OF FATE
- XVI—THE END OF THE LONG TRAIL
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