Fathers and Crows

Fathers and Crows

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author = William T. Vollmann
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country = Author: United States
language = English
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genre = Historical novel
publisher = Viking Press
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release_date = 1992
media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
pages = 1008 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-670-84333-4 (first edition, hardback)
preceded_by = The Ice-Shirt
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"Fathers and Crows" is a historical novel by American writer William T. Vollmann, which was first published in 1992. It is the second book in a planned seven-book cycle entitled . (As of 2008, four of the seven books have been published.)

Fathers and Crows is a retelling of the contact and conflict between French Jesuit missionaries (to whom Vollmann often refers as "Black-Gowns") in Canada and the native Huron and Iroquois peoples. Major characters in the novel include historical figures Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Samuel de Champlain, Marc Lescarbot, Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just, Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts, and Kateri Tekakwitha.

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* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976354,00.html Collision Of Cultures] - review in TIME


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