Author’s Note

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps ix
4. Author’s Note xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Where Everything Must Be Burning 9
7. 2. Such Great Snows We Thought We Were Dead Men 28
8. 3. The Land Itself Would Wage War 50
9. 4. Bitter Remedies 70
10. 5. We Had Changed Summer with Winter 88
11. 6. Destroyed with Cruel Disease 109
12. 7. Our Former Hopes Were Frozen to Death 132
13. 8. Winter for Eight Months and Hell for Four 154
14. 9. Death Follows Us Everywhere 186
15. 10. Such Wonders of Afflictions 229
16. Conclusion 250
17. Notes 259
18. Acknowledgments 351
19. Index 353