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

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780670015986
  • ISBN: 0670015989
  • Physical Description: 1356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from jacket cover and spine. Added title page with title (missing subtitle).
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
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
Subject:
Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909 > Fiction.
Nez Percé Indians > Fiction.
Nez Percé Indians > Wars, 1877 > Fiction.

Available copies

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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