Barkskins
(Large Print)
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Large Print
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907 pages (large print) ; 25 cm.
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English
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In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, Ren�e Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord, a "seigneur," for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters -- barkskins. Ren�e suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. He is forced to marry a Mi'kmaw woman and their descendants live trapped between two inimical cultures. But Duquet, crafty and ruthless, runs away from the seigneur, becomes a fur trader, then sets up a timber business. Proulx tells the stories of the descendants of Sel and Duquet over three hundred years -- their travels across North America, to Europe, China, and New Zealand, under stunningly brutal conditions -- the revenge of rivals, accidents, pestilence, Indian attacks, and cultural annihilation. Over and over again, they seize what they can of a presumed infinite resource, leaving the modern-day characters face to face with possible ecological collapse.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Proulx, A. (2016). Barkskins (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Proulx, Annie. 2016. Barkskins. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Proulx, Annie. Barkskins Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Proulx, Annie. Barkskins Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
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