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A tale of the earliest people on the North American continent, set two millenia ago. The protagonist is Star Shell, daughter of a Hopewell chief, who undertakes a perilous journey to Niagara Falls to drown an evil totemic mask before it destroys her race. By the husband-and-wife team of archaeologists who wrote People of the Sea, People of the Wolf and People of the Fire.Tags
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One of the two best in the series, and probably the most beautifully written. While I like most of the books in this series for the story alone I find that I love this one as much for the powerful writing style and notably enchanting passages as for the plot/characters. Long journeys make my heart soar.
A wonderful and compelling story.
Hace dos mil años, los pueblos del perÃodo medio de la civilización woodland se asentaron en la zona oriental de Norteamérica. Conocidos también como hopewell, estos pobladores se diferenciaban de sus coetáneos por carecer de ambiciones territoriales, y destacaban, en cambio, por su destreza mercantil. En una lucha constante contra un medio hostil, establecieron sus asentamientos, extendieron sus cultivos y levantaron imponentes monumentos ceremoniales.
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Kathleen O'Neal Gear was born on October 29, 1954 in Tulare, California. She received a B.A. from California State University in Bakersfield and a M.A. from California State University in Chico. She conducted Ph.D. studies at the University of California in Los Angeles and did post-graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. show more In the 1980's, she worked as the Wyoming state historian, and later as the archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska. She received the federal government's Special Achievement Award twice for outstanding management of our nation's cultural heritage. She married W. Michael Gear in 1982, and they have collaborated on a series of books for young adults. The theme of these books is ancient civilizations, and the titles include People of the Wolf, People of the Fire, People of the Sea, and People of the Lakes. They own Wind River Archaeologist Consultants, which is a private research firm. She has also written several books by herself including the Women of the West series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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W. Michael Gear was born on May 20, 1955 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He received a master's degree in anthropology from Colorado State University in 1979. He married Kathleen O'Neal Gear in 1982, and they have collaborated on a series of books for young adults. The theme of these books is ancient civilizations, and the titles include People of show more the Wolf, People of the Fire, People of the Sea, and People of the Lakes. They own Wind River Archaeologist Consultants, which is a private research firm. He has also written several books by himself including the Forbidden Borders Trilogy, Morning River, and Dark Inheritance. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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12- First North Americans Series: People of the - Fire/ River/ Lakes/ Silence/ Mist/ Masks/ Owl/ Raven/ Moon/ Weeping Eye/ Lightning/ Nightland by Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- People of the Lakes
- Original title
- People of the Lakes
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Star Shell; Otter; Pearl; Green Spider
- Important places
- Niagara Falls; Great Lakes Region
- Dedication
- In memory of George H. Davis, August 21, 1921 to October 21 1992. He loved elk, horses, high country, and above all, family and friends. George, we hope they have a crackling warm fire, a jar of jalapenos, a plate of backstra... (show all)p, and a strong cup of coffee ready when you get there. We miss you.....And this one's for you.
- First words
- State park Supervisor William L. Jaffman clutched his hands behind his back and inhaled a deep breath of the fresh, stormscented wind as he walked the nature path that led around the northeast end of the park, opposite the ea... (show all)rthwork called 'The Circle'.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Uncle, under the bond of the sorcerer's blood, I will tell you this: I've seen him....danced with him....but only on misty summer nights when moonlight floods the forests."
- Original language*
- Amerikanisch
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3557 .E18 .P46 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- Languages
- Dutch, English, German, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 4
