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Novelist and essayist Quammen writes compelling fiction. In the three stories here, he renders the uneasy peace between willful fathers and their sons. "Walking Out" is a coming-of-age tale a la Hemingway about death on a hunting trip; "Nathan's Rime," the most original of the three, is a brilliant depiction of an ill-fated "serpentaryist"; and "Uriah's Letter" is an uncanny Faulkner imitation about paternity, revenge and incest. For better or for worse, Blood Lines is obsessed with hunting, guns, physical endurance and bad women. The prose, however, is beautiful, always precise, and what this collection lacks in innovation it makes up for in imagination. The author of The Soul of Viktor Tronko and Natural Acts, Quammen demonstrates his literary prowess again.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"...great stories have—they're old-fashioned yarns, grab the reader, make him listen, hold him to the end, linger in his consciousness." -- Chicago Tribune
"Blood Line can only add to Quammen's reputation..." -- USA Today
"Quammen has pieced together these seemingly disparate stores into a thoroughly engrossing psychological drama of love, hate, ambition and revenge." -- UPI
"Blood Line can only add to Quammen's reputation..." -- USA Today
"Quammen has pieced together these seemingly disparate stores into a thoroughly engrossing psychological drama of love, hate, ambition and revenge." -- UPI
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AS THE TRAIN ROCKED DEAD at Livingston he saw the man, in a worn khaki shirt with button flaps buttoned, arms crossed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Louisa, Van Dorn, Joseph Surrat, Reverend Graham, Chamberlain Surrat, Uriah James, Rock Island, Private Sterne, Joe Johnston, Joe Surrat, Evergreen Park, Old Governor, San Antone, Terrel County, Big Timber, Colonel Surrat, Women's Academy, Elkhorn Tavern, Governorship of Mississippi, Henry Graham, Old Joe, Spring Hill New!
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AS THE TRAIN ROCKED DEAD at Livingston he saw the man, in a worn khaki shirt with button flaps buttoned, arms crossed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
forked crown, hardware store man, blue grouse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Louisa, Van Dorn, Joseph Surrat, Reverend Graham, Chamberlain Surrat, Uriah James, Rock Island, Private Sterne, Joe Johnston, Joe Surrat, Evergreen Park, Old Governor, San Antone, Terrel County, Big Timber, Colonel Surrat, Women's Academy, Elkhorn Tavern, Governorship of Mississippi, Henry Graham, Old Joe, Spring Hill New!
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- The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction by David Quammen in Back Matter
- Trails: Toward a New Western History by Patricia Nelson Limerick in Back Matter
- Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen in Front Matter
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