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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
2016.
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| 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.
