description: The latest installment of Vollmann's seven-part epic chronicling the clash of Europeans and Native Americans in the New World. Volume six focuses on the white explorers of the mid-1800s, desperately dreaming of forging a Northwest passage.
language: English
title: The Rifles
titlecomplete: The Rifles
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Historical, Native American History, Novels, Americana, Historical Fiction, Fiction, The United States Of America
ratings_count: 534
series: Seven Dreams
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Turtleback Books