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The son
Philipp Meyer
Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction
The son
by Philipp Meyer
—· 561 p· 2013
PEN/Faulkner Award20th Century Classicdarktensehauntingreflectiveadventurousphilosophical
Overview
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Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, this is a novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim. Spring, 1849. Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a marauding band of Comanches takes him captive. Brave and clever, Eli quickly adapts to life among the Comanches, learning their ways and waging war again…
PEN/Faulkner Award20th Century Classicdarktensehauntingreflectiveadventurousphilosophical
Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, this is a novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim. Spring, 1849. Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a marauding band of Comanches takes him captive. Brave and clever, Eli quickly adapts to life among the Comanches, learning their ways and waging war again…
Pages
561
Ecco Press, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers