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The Rifles

by William T. Vollmann · 1994

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The latest installment of Vollmann's seven-part epic chronicling the clash of Europeans and Native Americans in the New World. Volume six focuses on the white explorers of the mid-1800s, desperately dreaming of forging a Northwest passage.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thiswesternwesternMore like thisLess of this
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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisArcticArcticMore like thisLess of thisNorthwest PassageNorthwest PassageMore like thisLess of thisNorthwest TerritoriesNorthwest TerritoriesMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
long · 432 pages

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