The Dying Grass
A Novel of the Nez Perce War
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Narrated by:
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Henry Strozier
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Written by:
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William T. Vollmann
About this listen
The National Book Award winner takes listeners inside the epic fighting retreat of the Nez Perce Indians.
In this new installment in his acclaimed series of novels examining the collisions between Native Americans and European colonizers, William T. Vollmann tells the story of the Nez Perce War, with flashbacks to the Civil War. Defrauded and intimidated at every turn, the Nez Perces finally went on the warpath in 1877, subjecting the US Army to its greatest defeat since Little Big Horn as they fled from Northeast Oregon across Montana to the Canadian border. Vollmann's main character is not the legendary Chief Joseph but his pursuer, General Oliver Otis Howard, the brave, shy, tormented, devoutly Christian Civil War veteran. In this novel we see him as commander, father, son, husband, friend, and killer. Teeming with many vivid characters on both sides of the conflict and written in an original style, The Dying Grass is another mesmerizing achievement from one of the most ambitious writers of our time.
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- James Townsend
- 2019-09-07
Tour de force performance of a masterpiece
My title really says it all...do yourself a favour...however be aware that although the pay off in listening carefully is great, the road is not a smooth one and some effort on the reader/listeners part is required...this is not easy-listening, it is art made of blood, bone and an ocean of tears...
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