Deep River

About this book

In the early 1900s as the oppression of Russias imperial rule takes its toll on Finland the three Koski siblings - Ilmari Matti and the politicized young Aino - are forced to flee to the western edges of the United States. The brothers face the excitement and danger of pioneering this frontier wilderness. But while they are tearing down ancient colossal trees Aino is striving to build up the countrys first radical union movements. In lucid luminous prose Marlantes masterfully depicts the tyranny of nascent America the limits of human survival and the enduring might of family love.