Fathers and Crows
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| Fathers and Crows | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | William T. Vollmann |
| Country | Author: United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes |
| Genre(s) | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication date | 1992 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 1008 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-670-84333-4 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC Number | 25964915 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 20 |
| LC Classification | PS3572.O395 F38 1992 |
| Preceded by | The Ice-Shirt |
| Followed by | Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith |
Fathers and Crows is a 1992 historical novel by American author William T. Vollmann. It is the second book in a seven-book series called Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes.
Fathers and Crows is a retelling of conflicts between French Jesuit missionaries in Canada (to whom Vollmann often refers as "Black-Gowns") and the native Huron and Iroquois peoples. Historical figures are cast as major characters: they include Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Samuel de Champlain, Marc Lescarbot, Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just, Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts, and Kateri Tekakwitha.
[edit] External links
- Collision Of Cultures - review in TIME
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