Sign-Talker: The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition - Brossura

Thom, James Alexander

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ISBN 10: 0345435192 ISBN 13: 9780345435194

Casa editrice: Ballantine Books, 2001

Riassunto

A dramatic re-creation of the Lewis and Clark expedition focuses on George Drouillard, a French and Shawnee hunter, guide, and interpreter, who keeps the mission going in difficult times and who becomes part of a tragedy that affects events for everyone. By the author of The Red Heart. Reprint.

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"Fresh, original, and vivid."
--LARRY MCMURTRY

"A CRACKING GOOD YARN . . . SHEER STORY-TELLING POWER . . . James Alexander Thom is one of the finest historical novelists writing today. . . . Anyone who thinks there's nothing left to be said about the Lewis and Clark expedition should read this book."
--JOHN SUGDEN
Author of Tecumseh, A Life

"EXCELLENT . . . It is at once an adventure story [and] a historical document . . . Even though many readers know the story of Lewis and Clark, Thom's novel will give them new insight."
--Indianapolis Star (4-star review)

L'autore:

James Alexander Thom was formerly a U.S. Marine, a newspaper and magazine editor, and a member of the faculty at the Indiana University Journalism School. He is the author of Follow the River, Long Knife, From Sea to Shining Sea, Panther in the Sky (for which he won the prestigious Western Writers of America Spur Award for best historical novel), The Children of First Man, and The Red Heart. He lives in the Indiana hill country near Bloomington with his wife, Dark Rain of the Shawnee Nation, United Remnant Band. Dark Rain is a director of the National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Planning Council.

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• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0345435192
• ISBN 13: 9780345435194
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 512