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The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s

byAlexander Nemerov

Set amid the glimmering lakes and disappearing forests of the early United States, The Forest imagines how a wide variety of Americans experienced their lives. The Forest combines character, setting, dialogue, and narrative tension, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of fiction, The Forest explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. By the end, the fable of america in the 1830s emerges as a layered story of competing motives, unintended results, and choices made under pressure.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9780691244280