The Rifles (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes (Paperback)
Release date:	April 1995
First published:	April 1995
Authors:	William T Vollmann
Dimensions:	214 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Volumes:	6
Pages:	411
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-017623-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-14-017623-3
Barcode:	9780140176230

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