The Rifles - Vol. 6 of Seven Dreams - A Book of North American Landscapes
by Vollmann, William T
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670848565
- ISBN 13
- 9780670848560
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Synopsis
Vaulting through time to another flashpoint in the long struggle between Indians and Europeans, William T. Vollmann 's visionary fictional history now focuses on the white explorers of the mid-1800s, desperately dreaming of forging a Northwest Passage. As Sir John Franklin embarks on his fourth Arctic voyage, he defies the warnings of the native people, and his journey ends in ice and death. But his spirit lingers in the Canadian north, where 150 years later, in 1990, Inuit elders dream of long-gone seal-hunting days and teenagers sniff gasoline. And when a white man seduces and leaves pregnant a young Indian woman, he becomes Franklin reincarnated, bound for the same fate. Vollmann's vivid characters and landscapes weave together the stories of the past and present to live out America's ongoing tragedy of greed, ignorance, and violence.
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- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10054
- Title
- The Rifles - Vol. 6 of Seven Dreams - A Book of North American Landscapes
- Author
- Vollmann, William T
- Format/Binding
- Hard Back
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670848565
- ISBN 13
- 9780670848560
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 6" x 9
- Keywords
- ARCTIC REGIONS FICTION ACTION ADVENTURE
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