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Separations by Oakley Hall
Asa Haden, a recent graduate, is hired by a powerful Denver mining magnate as an historian on an expedition to retrace the Grand Canyon route of John Wesley Powell. However, all is not what it seems, and as the plot unfolds, the complexity of the West in the late 19th century is revealed.The Grand Canyon country of the 1880s is the setting of Oakley Hall's compelling new novel. As the plot unfolds, the West of the late nineteenth century is displayed in all its vastness and complexity. Hall carries us from the wild, perilous depths of the Canyon to the drawing rooms of San Francisco, from the desolate Mormon settlements and Indian camps of the Southwest to the haciendas of Old California. And he reveals once again his consummate power as a storyteller as he brings to life the fierce conflicts of the day - between rapacious mining and railroad barons eager to exploit the riches of the West and those who would preserve its beauty pristine; between Mormons and Gentiles; between land-hungry whites and beleaguered Indians; between men and the women they would love, and use. And the fiercest conflict of all - between man and nature. |
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| Author(s) : Oakley Hall | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0874172926 | ISBN-13 : 9780874172928 |
| RRP : £10.95 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Western Literature Series
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 30/04/1997
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page Length : 272mm
Page Size : 235mm