Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley (23 July 1907 - 10 January 1997) was an author, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser (Wikipedia).
Jack, an Alaska gold rush-era miner, is abandoned by his partner and left to make his way through the wilderness alone. Starving and injured, he struggles physically and spiritually to come to grips with what is of true value in his life.