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Jun 23, 2018bbennett27 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A profound and important novel that will likely change how you view history and nature. The author has woven a masterpiece that mashes fiction and fact and leads one to the inescapable conclusion that much of what we see is ultimately unknowable. The epilogue reveals what I suspected, that the book is loosely based on the exploration of AK by Henry Allen -- a feat that some consider to be greater than the Lewis and Clark expedition. But the book goes much farther, probing our very powers of observation and unearthing powerful questions about cultural preservation (Alaska Native lives were forever changed after miners and the military penetrated the Alaskan interior). Read this book and you will never look at Canada Geese the same way. Did I mention it is also an epic love story?