The dying grass : a novel of the Nez Perce War / William T. Vollmann

Author:: Vollmann, William T.
Additional Titles:: Fifth dream, The dying grass
Published:: New York, New York : Viking, [2015]
Copyright Date:: ©2015
Physical Description:: 1,356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

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Series:

Seven dreams, a book of North American landscapes ; fifth dream

Contents:

List of Maps -- Grass-Texts: A Speech and a Report (1877-78) -- The Dying Grass -- I. Indian Service (1805-77) -- II. Edisto (1862-74) -- III. The Burial of Lieutenant Theller (June 1877) -- IV. I Am Flying Up (June-July 1877) -- V. The Rest of My Days (July-August 1877) -- VI. Very Beautiful and Almost Automatic (August-September 1877) -- VII. Detached Pictures (September-October 1877) -- VIII. I Raised My Eyes (1877--78) -- IX. The Americans Are Your Friends (1877-1904) -- Dinosaurs and Cycads (1878-2013) -- A Chronology of the Seven Ages of Wineland: V. The Age of Dying Grass -- Glossaries -- 1. Glossary of Personal Names -- 2. Glossary of Orders, Isms, Nations, Professions, Hierarchies, Divisions, Races, Shamans, Tribes and Monsters -- 3. Glossary of Places -- 4. Glossary of Texts -- 5. Glossary of Calendars, Currencies, Forms, Legalisms and Measures -- 6. General Glossary -- Orthographic Notes -- Sources [and a Few Notes] -- Acknowledgments

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ISBN:

9780670015986 (hardcover)
0670015989 (hardcover)

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Title from jacket cover and spine. Added title page with title (missing subtitle).

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

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