Dustship Glory

By (author) Andreas Schroeder
Foreword by Don Kerr
Categories: Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Fiction and Related items
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Paperback : 9781926836225, 240 pages, April 2011

This is a monumental new edition of Dustship Glory,
Andreas’ Schroeder’s celebrated book that has become a
Canadian classic.

Description

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

Awards

  • Runner-up, Seal First Novel Award