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People of the Sea (The First North Americans #5)
The glaciers of the Sierra Nevada are melting, destroying the habitat of the mastodons, creating the rich land that will become California. The coastal people struggle to understand the changing world around them: their seer Sunchaser has lost his way to the Spirit World, and mammoths continue to disappear.
When a beautiful woman arrives, fleeing from her abusive husband, t...more
When a beautiful woman arrives, fleeing from her abusive husband, t...more
Mass Market Paperback, 560 pages
Published
September 15th 1994
by Tor Books
(first published 1993)
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Help! Help! Mammoths walk into sea! Husband chase with big rock!
Gotta love these PEOPLE books. I mean, what's not to love about a 1000 page novel where noble Native Americans battle their way through ancient landscapes that we know so little about?
Problem is, the Gears spend so much time getting the archaeology just right, (have to make sure you know ALL the best flint quarries, and EVERY wild flower in the medicine man's sack) sometimes they forget about little things, like characters, plot, st...more
Gotta love these PEOPLE books. I mean, what's not to love about a 1000 page novel where noble Native Americans battle their way through ancient landscapes that we know so little about?
Problem is, the Gears spend so much time getting the archaeology just right, (have to make sure you know ALL the best flint quarries, and EVERY wild flower in the medicine man's sack) sometimes they forget about little things, like characters, plot, st...more
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In essence this is the story of a young wife who escapes her homicidal husband after suffering domestic violence and turning to another man because of loneliness. Her lover is killed and she flees, pursued. Running parallel with this (and gradually intermeshing) is the tale of a spiritual leader struggling to understand the changes taking place in his world. Now put this story back a few thousand years into just post-glacial America and a whole new dimension opens up.
My only problem with the Gea...more
My only problem with the Gea...more
A great story of survival and surrender, how the mammoth was distroyed and how man was saved.
Kestrel is a young woman abused by her Trader husband Lambkill. After years of abuse and lonleiness Kestrel falls in love with her "Cousin Iceplant" whom believes they are not cousins because he draws his birth line through his mother. The relationship has brought Lambkill to the edge of insanity. Lambkill hunts down Kestrel and Iceplant, in a missplaced trust, he kills Iceplant, and Kestrel runs away,...more
Kestrel is a young woman abused by her Trader husband Lambkill. After years of abuse and lonleiness Kestrel falls in love with her "Cousin Iceplant" whom believes they are not cousins because he draws his birth line through his mother. The relationship has brought Lambkill to the edge of insanity. Lambkill hunts down Kestrel and Iceplant, in a missplaced trust, he kills Iceplant, and Kestrel runs away,...more
I adore this series of novels. Written like fiction but researched by writers who archaeologists and historians, the books really shine if you like early north american history. They cover from the ice age to just prior to European explorers, so it's fascinating. This is one of the best of the series.
I have read most all of these books in the First North American series and loved them all. Very interesting. Makes you think on how times were way back then. Great reads all of them. Read them as they came out in the 1980's.
The Gears are the best at what they do, which is writing about pre-history based on archeology, creating a plausible fictional story to help us to understand the facts and thus preserve our own Native American history. Kathleen and Michael have been my lamplight in becoming a Native American historical fiction writer. They alone are responsible for peeking my interest in our dim past and have provided a window to that time and place of which they write. If you desire to see the past of our unkno...more
After reading this book I stopped reading the series. I was hoping it would get better but it was the same story in a different setting. Boring!
One of the more action oriented books of the series this was a delightful read.
great stories with some factual basis from archaeologist digs
set in north america in the times of the paleoindians, this story tells of the changing clmates and the effets that had on the native indans at the time
well written and exciting, the book gives a look at historical climate change as well as captures one in an interesting and spellbinding story.
although not exactly written like a sequel - in that it is it's very own story - an occasional mention of the dreamer from the first book in the series gives a feeling of familiarity that is quite nice.
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well written and exciting, the book gives a look at historical climate change as well as captures one in an interesting and spellbinding story.
although not exactly written like a sequel - in that it is it's very own story - an occasional mention of the dreamer from the first book in the series gives a feeling of familiarity that is quite nice.
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Again and again they bring history alive!
this is a wonderful and insightful book
This is the fourth book in this series that I have read.
(I missed reading the first one.) This has a much stronger
story line with developed characters. It is also filled
with native American fantasy. I found it interesting, even
though there was a lot of violence and blood. But it was
fantasy, so easier to accept.
This one takes place in the southern California area, so the
description of the sea and hilly areas was quite different
from the other books I've read. It was a good change in
scenery.
(I missed reading the first one.) This has a much stronger
story line with developed characters. It is also filled
with native American fantasy. I found it interesting, even
though there was a lot of violence and blood. But it was
fantasy, so easier to accept.
This one takes place in the southern California area, so the
description of the sea and hilly areas was quite different
from the other books I've read. It was a good change in
scenery.
Very weird plot.
I love this better than people of the raven and people of the river.
Loved it. For once the 'danger' was balanced. The hero was there to protect the girl from crazy husband. I love the animals helping the good guys.
Amazing piece of historical fiction, just like all the rest!
Good one!
Amazing piece of historical fiction, just like all the rest!
I really loved this book. It was entertaining.
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W. Michael Gear was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the twentieth of May, 1955. A fourth generation Colorado native, his family had been involved in hard-rock mining, cattle ranching, and journalism. After his father's death in 1959, Michael's mother received her Master's degree in journalism and began teaching. In 1962 she married Joseph J. Cook, who taught tool and die making, and the fam...more
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