Cloud Splitter
by:
Russell Banks (author)
A complex portrait of a 19th-century rural American family. The novel tells the story of one man's passage from slavery abolitionist to guerilla fighter to terrorist and martyr. Narrated by the abolitionist's son, Owen, the book recreates the political and social landscape of pre-Civil War America.
A complex portrait of a 19th-century rural American family. The novel tells the story of one man's passage from slavery abolitionist to guerilla fighter to terrorist and martyr. Narrated by the abolitionist's son, Owen, the book recreates the political and social landscape of pre-Civil War America.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780436203589 (0436203588)
Publish date: February 17th 1998
Publisher: Reed Tr Ito
Pages no: 576
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
History,
Literature,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
War,
American History,
Contemporary,
Military History,
Civil War,
Race
Ponderous. Wordy. Awkward cadence. Repetitious.
my my, where has this writer been all my life?