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THE NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION: LARGER, EASY TO READ PRINT, BOOK CLUB
DISCUSSION GUIDE, COMPLETELY REVISED AND RE-EDITED. ALL BUFFED AND
POLISHED AND READY FOR PRIME TIME A rollicking adventure, a searing
(if unorthodox) romance, a sardonic yet sanguine analysis of the
iconic history of the American West; Nor'westering is all of these,
and more. Follow the soul-stirring exploits of Kwantlecset, an
anti-heroical half breed guide, as he sojourns through the
Northwest outback with the likes of David Douglas and Peter Skene
Ogden. Meet his stalwart soulmate, Penelope, and their
spuriously-conceived pride and joy, Two Bit, as they're pained to
suffer the highs and lows of the cataclysmic culture clash between
the natives and the encroaching white population, and of the
wavering dedication of their family's spiritual guide. Encounter
some of the biggest names in the Western historical pantheon (Lewis
and Clark, John C. Fremont, Jedediah Smith) as the protagonists
drift through one of the most exciting eras in the annals of the
Northwest. Immerse yourself in the romance and danger of the waning
days of the fur trade, as Kwantlecset and his makeshift family are
impelled ever onward towards the seminal tragedy of the
often-bloody story of the Northwest: the Whitman Massacre. Set in
the Pacific Northwest during the 1820-40's, when the possession of
the magical idyll just then being labelled as Oregon was still up
for grabs between a pugnacious America and the stubborn, stiff
upper lip of the British, Nor'westering captures a setting rife
with themes that speak to the most elemental aspects of the human
drama: nature, spirituality, the meaning of life, love. Extensively
researched, appended with a bonus section of historical notes,
Nor'westering is drawn directly from the pages of what's called
history, but loses none of the glib perspective that only fiction
can provide. As the guide, Kwantlecset leads the reader, at times
sure-footed, at other times stumbling, through one of the most
uniquely iconoclastic, irreverent, but ultimately heartening
Westerns to be found.
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