Deep River by Karl Marlantes Paperback

An epic historical fiction about early Finnish immigrants to the Astoria area.

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War Karl Marlantes, Deep River is a rich family saga about Finnish immigrants who settle and tame the Pacific Northwest, set against the early labor movements, World War I, and the upheaval of early twentieth-century America. Layered with fascinating historical detail, this is a novel that breathes deeply of the sun-dappled forest and bears witness to the stump-ridden fields the loggers, and the first waves of modernity, leave behind. At its heart, Deep River is an ambitious and timely exploration of the place of the individual, and of the immigrant, in an America still in the process of defining its own identity.