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edition:Paperback
also available: eBook
category: Fiction
published: Apr 2011
ISBN:9781926836225
publisher: Athabasca University Press
imprint: AU Press

Dustship Glory

by Andreas Schroeder, foreword by Don Kerr

tagged: historical
Description

In this new edition of a prairie classic, Andreas Schroederfictionalizes the true story of Tom Sukanen’s wild scheme tobuild an ocean-bound ship in the middle of a wheatfield inSaskatchewan. Set in the hardship of the “Dirty Thirties,”Dustship Glory presents us with Sukanen’s mythiceffort to escape both the drought and pestilence of his time, aswell as his own personal struggle to be free.

About the Authors
Andreas Schroeder is a Canadian novelist, poet, and nonfiction writer. In addition to his twenty-three books, his writing has also been published in over a hundred North American anthologies and magazines. Shaking It Rough: A Prison Memoir was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award, and the original edition of Dustship Glory was nominated for the Seal First Novel Award. He lives in the village of Roberts Creek on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.

Andreas Schroeder is a Canadian novelist, poet, and nonfiction writer. In addition to his twenty-three books, his writing has also been published in over a hundred North American anthologies and magazines. Shaking It Rough: A Prison Memoir was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award, and the original edition of Dustship Glory was nominated for the Seal First Novel Award. He lives in the village of Roberts Creek on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.
Contributor Notes

Andreas Schroeder is a Canadian novelist, poet, andnonfiction writer.

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