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A Discovery of Strangers [Import] [Hardcover]

Rudy Henry Wiebe (Author)

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Hardcover: 317 pages
Publisher: Knopf; First Edition edition (1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0394280504
ISBN-13: 978-0394280509
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

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5.0 out of 5 stars First-rate historical fiction, March 19, 1997

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This is an excellent fictional account of Franklin's *overland* expedition to the Arctic Ocean. Through the device of multiple narration, it presents us with both the Aboriginal and European perspective on the events. Wiebe did his homework: the novel is solidly based on the first-hand accounts of Franklin, Back, Hearne, and others. The influence of Faulkner is evident in narrative style, prose style and theme. Faulkner's great story The Bear was clearly an influence

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paddle slaves, footed caribou, double rapids, cari bou, voya geurs, giant canoes, voyageur canoes, silver wolf, ofthe lake

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Lieutenant Franklin, These English, Boy English, Robert Hood, Fort Enterprise, Thick English, Richard Sun, The Hook, Entering Exhaustion, Coppermine River, Northern Blindness of Names, Doctor Richardson, Dogrib Rock, Momentary Mercies of the Bear, Snow Man, River of Copperwoman, Seaman John Hepburn, Hep Burn, Eating Starvation, Fort Providence, The Split, Strange Fire, Little Marten, Winter Lake, Midshipman George Back

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"Trading Magic for Fact," Fact for Magic: Myth and Mythologizing in Postmodern Canadian Historical Fiction (Cross/Cultures 67) by Marc Colavincenzo on 7 pages
When Words Deny the World by Stephen Henighan on page 180, page 189, and page 202
Fresh Tracks: Writing the Western Landscape by Pamela Banting in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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Ripostes: reflections on Canadian literature by Philip Marchand on page 79, and page 98

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