Barkskins a novel Bark skins Proulx, Annie creator author. text Epic fiction. nyu New York Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2016 2016 First Scribner hardcover edition. monographic eng
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xii, 717 pages : genealogical tables ; 25 cm. In New France in the late 18th century, Rene Sel, an illiterate woodsman makes his way from Northern France to the homeland to seek a living. This novel tells stories of Rene's children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, as well as the descendants of his friends and foes, as they travel back to Europe, to China, to New England, always in quest of a livelihood or fleeing stunningly brutal conditions--war, pestilence, Indian attacks, the revenge of rivals. Annie Proulx. Includes family trees. Families Fiction Canada Fiction New France Fiction PS3566.R697 B37 2016 813/.54 9780743288781 2015030152 DLC 160727 20190501223442.0 915943439 eng