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True North Paperback - 2005

by Jim Harrison

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An epic tale that pits a son against the legacy of his family's desecration of the earth, and his own father's more personal violations, this new work by the author of "Legends of the Fall" is a beautiful and moving novel that speaks to the territory in our hearts that calls us back to our roots.

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An epic tale that pits a son against the legacy of his family's desecration of the earth, and his own father's more personal violations, Jim Harrison's True North is a beautiful and moving novel that speaks to the territory in our hearts that calls us back to our roots.

The scion of a family of wealthy timber barons, David Burkett has grown up with a father who is a malevolent force and a mother made vague and numb by alcohol and pills. He and his sister Cynthia, a firecracker who scandalizes the family at fourteen by taking up with the son of their Finnish-Native American gardener, are mostly left to make their own way. As David comes to adulthood-often guided and enlightened by the unforgettable, intractable, courageous women he loves-he realizes he must come to terms with his forefathers' rapacious destruction of the woods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, as well as the working people who made their wealth possible.

Jim Harrison has given us a family tragedy of betrayal, amends, and justice for the worst sins. True North is a bravura performance from one of our finest writers, accomplished with deep humanity, humor, and redemptive soul.

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  • Title True North
  • Author Jim Harrison
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, New York
  • Publication date 2005-07-22
  • ISBN 9780802142061 / 0802142060
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Great Lakes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Geographic Orientation: Michigan
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
    • Topical: Coming of Age
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Psychological fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Ingram Advance, 08/01/2005, Page 45
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