Barkskins a novel

"Barkskins opens in New France in the late 18th century as Rene Sel, an illiterate woodsman makes his way from Northern France to the homeland to seek a living. Bound to a "seigneur" for three years in exchange for land, he suffers extraordinary hardship and violence, always in awe of the forest he...

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Main Author: Proulx, Annie (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2016.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Forêt, hache, famille : 1693-1716
  • " ... helplessly they stare at his tracks" : 1693-1727
  • All these woods once ours : 1724-1767
  • The severed snake : 1756-1766
  • In the lumber camps : 1754-1804
  • "Fortune's a right whore" : 1808-1826
  • Broken sticks : 1823-1840
  • Glory days : 1836-1870
  • The shadow in the cup : 1844-1960s
  • Sliding into darkness : 1886-2013
  • Sel family tree
  • Duke family tree.