Dermot Healy's fourth collection presents itself as a book-length poem that charts the annual migrations of thousands of barnacle geese between their breeding grounds in Greenland and their winter quarters on an island beside his home. Section titles suggest stations on their route: 'The Leavings',
A Fool's Errand
โ Scribed by Albion W. Tourgee
- Book ID
- 110817654
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Series
- Barnes & Noble Digital Library
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781411448438
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
This 1879 novel, based on the author's own experiences, made a significant contribution to American literature in its unvarnished presentation of the South during Reconstruction. When Comfort Servosse, an ex-Union soldier, moves his family south to aid in Reconstruction efforts, he finds an unrepentant racism that will imperil his dreams and threaten his very life.
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