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The Rifles

The Rifles

by William Vollmann

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#580

4.0 (1 reviews)
Pages
432

When Sir John Franklin defies the warnings of native peoples and embarks on his fourth Arctic voyage in the 1840s, his journey ends in tragedy in a novel of America's ongoing tragedy of greed, ignorance, and violence. 15,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.

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forline

Dec 18th, 2018

I wanted to give this 3 stars...I often got confused and slightly frustrated. It took a long time to work my way through (maybe that's why the confusion???) but I kept at it. And, I'm glad I did. This is an extraordinary work--no doubt about it--and hence the 4 star rating.

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