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![]() | Canaan (2007) A Novel of the Reunited States After the War A novel by Donald McCaig |
"A bred-in-the-bones storyteller."--Geraldine Brooks
Canaan fills a vast canvas. Its points of reference are Richmond in the throes of Reconstruction; the trading floors of Wall Street, where men makes fortunes speculating on the war's consequences; a Virginia plantation, where the ruin of the South is written in wrenching detail; and the Great Plains, where the splendidly arrogant George Custer rides to his fate against Sitting Bull's warriors.
This is the story of America over twenty years of its most turbulent history. The characters are black, white, red, ex-Union, and ex-Confederate; and the principal narrator is a Santee woman, She Goes Before, who marries an ex-slave. Through her eyes we witness the hanging of her father by whites in the mass execution of 1863, Red Cloud's banquet with President Grant, and that final confrontation on the bluffs above the Little Bighorn.
Genre: Historical
Canaan fills a vast canvas. Its points of reference are Richmond in the throes of Reconstruction; the trading floors of Wall Street, where men makes fortunes speculating on the war's consequences; a Virginia plantation, where the ruin of the South is written in wrenching detail; and the Great Plains, where the splendidly arrogant George Custer rides to his fate against Sitting Bull's warriors.
This is the story of America over twenty years of its most turbulent history. The characters are black, white, red, ex-Union, and ex-Confederate; and the principal narrator is a Santee woman, She Goes Before, who marries an ex-slave. Through her eyes we witness the hanging of her father by whites in the mass execution of 1863, Red Cloud's banquet with President Grant, and that final confrontation on the bluffs above the Little Bighorn.
Genre: Historical
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Hardback Editions
March 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Canaan: A Novel of the Reunited States after the War Author(s): Donald McCaig Publisher: W. W. Norton Availability: Amazon More details... |
March 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Canaan: A Novel of the Reunited States after the War Author(s): Donald McCaig ISBN: 0-393-06246-5 / 978-0-393-06246-5 (USA edition) Publisher: W. W. Norton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
February 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Canaan: A Novel Author(s): Donald McCaig ISBN: 0-393-33046-X / 978-0-393-33046-5 (USA edition) Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2007 : Paperback
| Title: canaan (us edition) Author(s): donald mccaig Publisher: norton Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
2000 : Audio CD
| Title: Canaan Author(s): Donald McCaig ISBN: 1-4281-7031-6 / 978-1-4281-7031-5 (USA edition) Publisher: RecordedBooks Availability: Amazon More details... |
2000 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Canaan Author(s): Donald McCaig ISBN: 1-4281-7028-6 / 978-1-4281-7028-5 (USA edition) Publisher: RecordedBooks Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio CD
| Title: Canaan Author(s): Donald McCaig ISBN: 1-4281-7030-8 / 978-1-4281-7030-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
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