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Set amidst the beauty of the Canadian Rockies in 1897, this "stunning debut" (Joy Gugeler, Ottawa Citizen) records a world on the brink, and its people, who are trying to build a society in a land where nature's power rules supreme.

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Set amidst the beauty of the Canadian Rockies in 1897, this "stunning debut" (Joy Gugeler, Ottawa Citizen) records a world on the brink, and its people, who are trying to build a society in a land where nature's power rules supreme.
Autorenporträt
Thomas Wharton Thomas Wharton was born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, a northern Canada oil and gas boomtown. He spent much of his youth moving from town to town, and settled for a few years in Jasper, Alberta. The small town so influenced Wharton that he set his debut novel, Icefields, there. After a variety of jobs -- including hiking guide, bookstore clerk, lab technician, and technical illustrator -- he set his sights on writing. Receiving his M.A. in English from the University of Alberta in 1993, Wharton turned his thesis into his first novel, Icefields. NeWest Press published his debut in 1995 in his native Canada, where it received critical acclaim, and hit local bestseller lists. Washington Square Press, a division of Pocket Books, published the U.S. edition of Icefields on September 9, 1996. Wharton is currently working on his Ph.D. in English at University of Calgary. He lives with his wife and two small children. (Click here to read an interview with the author.)