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Eighteen months of the life of Thomas Keene, a fictitious 19th-century congregational minister, is traced in this journal-like novel. Having suffered a loss of faith, Keene abandons the East for frontier life in the Ohio wilderness. His account is by turns violent, tender, and erotic. Keene is both a witness to history, describing the many ordinary and horrific details of frontier life (including the conflict between white settlers and Indians), and a man searching for personal meaning in a world without God. Like a true frontier journal, the novel includes illustrations attributed to Keene. As a foil to the main character, the historic figure John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, is portrayed as a believer who lives with self-doubt.
 
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Hardback Editions

August 1986 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1555040969Title: The Tree of Life
Author(s): Hugh Nissenson
ISBN: 1-55504-096-9 / 9781555040963 (USA edition)
Publisher: John Curley & Assoc
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October 1985 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0060151439Title: The Tree of Life
Author(s): Hugh Nissenson
ISBN: 0-06-015143-9 / 978-0-06-015143-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Harper Trade
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Paperback Editions

May 2000 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0966491327Title: The Tree of Life
Author(s): Hugh Nissenson
ISBN: 0-9664913-2-7 / 978-0-9664913-2-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Paul Dry Books
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September 1991 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0856358746Title: Tree of Life
Author(s): Hugh Nissenson
ISBN: 0-85635-874-6 / 978-0-85635-874-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
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October 1986 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0060913622Title: Tree of Life (Perennial Fiction Library)
Author(s): Hugh Nissenson
ISBN: 0-06-091362-2 / 978-0-06-091362-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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January 1985 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001LYQUBCTitle: The Tree of Life
Author(s): Hugh NISSENSON
Publisher: Unknown
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