The Rifles

by William T. Vollmann

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Editions of The Rifles

	ISBN 9780140176230	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Penguin Group USA	Date 1995	Price $5.33	New
	ISBN 9780670848560	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Penguin Group USA	Date 1994	Price $1.00	Used - Good

Publisher Notes

In the sixth volume of his "Seven Dreams" series, which is a chronicle of the conflicts between North American Indians and Europeans, Vollmann connects the events of Sir John Franklin's efforts to find a Northwest passage with life as it is lived by the Inuit tribe 150 years later--Elders dreaming of long-gone seal hunting days, teenagers sniffing gasoline. A white man seduces and leaves pregnant a young Indian woman as he gradually finds himself pushing toward the same fate as Franklin, even claiming to be Franklin reincarnated. Vollmannn weaves together the stories of the past and present to live out America's ongoing tragedy of greed, ignorance, and violence.