The Rifles (novel)
1994 novel by American writer William T. Vollmann / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rifles is a 1994 novel by American writer William T. Vollmann. It is intended to be the sixth book in a planned seven-book cycle entitled Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes. As of 2015 five of the seven have been published, The Rifles being the third to reach print.
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Author | William T. Vollmann |
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Cover artist | Jacket design by Daniel Rembert Cover photograph by Ulli Stelttzer |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes |
Genre | Literary fiction |
Publisher | Viking Penguin |
Publication date | February 24, 1994 |
Media type | Print (Paperback and Hardcover) |
Pages | 411 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 0-670-84856-5 (first edition, hardback) |
OCLC | 28722824 |
813/.54 20 | |
LC Class | PS3572.O395 R54 1994 |
Preceded by | Fathers and Crows |
Followed by | Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith |
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Unlike the other books in this series so far, The Rifles is not wholly a historical novel, as it primarily takes place in the early 1990s, although the storyline depicting the trials and challenges of modern Inuit life is tied to the ill-fated exploration of the Arctic region by Sir John Franklin in the mid-19th century. The novel also discusses the 1955 forced migration of Inuit from Inukjuak, Quebec to Resolute, Nunavut.