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The Chanson of Abram's Plains
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ISBN13: 9798249878702
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 322
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 322
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Through the parallel lives of its two legendary generals-James Wolfe and Louis-Joseph Montcalm-the war for Canada and the fate of North America are mythologized in epic poetry descended from ancient and medieval myth. Follow the storied nobleman Montcalm wherever duty to a dying French empire pulls him, against his better judgement. Chase after the up-and-coming outsider Wolfe as he rashly pursues fame on the battlefield before his chronic illness catches up with him. Witness the bottleneck of history, where the rivalry of two individuals decides the destiny of colonies, empires, and the world.
More than a war chronicle, The Chanson of Abram's Plains interprets history through Classical mythology, Haudenosanee cosmology, and the folksong traditions of Canada. Written in heroic couplets which no one language can complete alone, the epic transmits the metaphysical covenant that, through blood and filth, bore the seed of today's Canada.
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