Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes
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Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes is a series of novel
s by William T. Vollmann
about the settlement of North America
and the conflicts between natives and settlers. Each volume focuses on a different historical expedition in North America. The series will be seven novels long; four books have been published so far.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s by William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann
William Tanner Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, short story writer, essayist and winner of the National Book Award...
about the settlement of North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and the conflicts between natives and settlers. Each volume focuses on a different historical expedition in North America. The series will be seven novels long; four books have been published so far.
- Volume 1: The Ice-ShirtThe Ice-ShirtThe Ice-Shirt is a 1990 historical novel by American author William T. Vollmann. It is the first book in a seven-book series called Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes.-Fact, Fiction, Meta-fiction:...
(1990) is about the arrival of the Vikings in North America. - Volume 2: Fathers and CrowsFathers and CrowsFathers and Crows is a 1992 historical novel by American author William T. Vollmann. It is the second book in a seven-book series called Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes....
(1992) is about the efforts of Jesuit Missionaries in North America. - Volume 6: The RiflesThe Rifles (novel)The Rifles is a 1994 novel by American writer William T. Vollmann. It is intended to be the sixth book in a planned seven-book cycle entitled Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes...
(1994) is about Sir John Franklin's attempt in 1845 to find the Northwest PassageNorthwest PassageThe Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...
to the Pacific and also about the 1990s InuitInuitThe Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
. - Volume 3: Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John SmithArgall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John SmithArgall is a historical novel by American writer William T. Vollmann, which was first published in 2001. It is the third book in a planned seven-book cycle entitled Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes...
(2001), written in the style of seventeenth-century prose, is about the settlement of Jamestown.