Fools Crow (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Welch
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Historical fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Nineteenth century, Native Americans or American Indians, Violence, Bison or buffalo, Frontier or pioneer life, Treaties
- Locales: Montana Territory
Each of Welch's first two novels focused on one character and fragments of immediate families. Fools Crow, however, is as much about the protagonist's extended family, band, and tribe as about the protagonist himself. The author has not abandoned one theme for another, replacing alienation with community; rather, he continues to work the same theme turned inside out. The interrelatedness shown in this narrative makes it possible to understand the isolation of the first two novels. Mainstream readers tend to see individualism and a certain amount of isolation as normal. This book...
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