The Plains of Madness Author:Tom Moore Starting in Newfoundland and Quebec, this story follows one wild lifetime from 1696 to 1762 in the birthing of a nation, not conceived in liberty, but like the character John Drew, conceived in violence and confusion. It is also the story of an unnamed, unhinged history teacher, a narrator searching for his own identity as a human being - a sear... more »ch for meaning where the present and the past are one.« less