Fathers and Crows
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| Fathers and Crows | |
| Author | 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) |
| Preceded by | The Ice-Shirt |
| Followed by | Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith |
Fathers and Crows is a historical novel by American writer William T. Vollmann, which was first published in 1992. It is the second book in a planned seven-book cycle entitled Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes. (As of 2008, four of the seven books have been published.)
Fathers and Crows is a retelling of the contact and conflict between French Jesuit missionaries (to whom Vollmann often refers as "Black-Gowns") in Canada and the native Huron and Iroquois peoples. Major characters in the novel include historical figures 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
