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Sunflower
Oct 29, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: e-books, fiction-read-2018
This is an epic tale, involving generations of people, some of whom intertwine and overlap. "Barkskins" are "half-unbalanced men who came in from the woods, "woods-queer", and much of the story revolves around the tremendous stands of hardwood that grew in the US, plus the people who chopped them down, milled, transported and gradually destroyed most of them in their greed for land and money. There is a conservation message in there, though a sad one.
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Wes F
Oct 07, 2019 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
I'm giving this book 2-1/2 stars in my Reading Log. It had some interesting aspects, but overall, I didn't feel there was much of a pull for me to keep "reading" (I listened to this audiobook on my iPhone--and it was loooooong!--borrowed from the library, re-borrowed...); didn't feel there was enough of an engaging plot & some of the characters were just bland. The story took place over a couple hundred years--which is always a challenge to pull off in a novel--and had insights into the challeng ...more
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Tiffany
Nov 02, 2018 rated it liked it
I did enjoy all the characters, but this book is really long...
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Beverly
Jan 06, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Jenna
Jun 28, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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C.
Jul 01, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Andy Plonka
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Erica
Nov 26, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, environment
Glynn
Mar 06, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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Apr 24, 2017 marked it as hiatus
Karyl
Feb 04, 2018 rated it really liked it
Tim
Nov 17, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Claire Fun
Jan 07, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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