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A boy dwarf is kidnaped by an enemy tribe for his magic powers in this novel on the earliest people of North America. When instead of victory his magic powers bring misfortune, he is condemned to death by exposure. A girl saves him. By the authors of People of the Mist.Tags
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Enjoyed. A quicker read than the ones I've read previously. Includes a very interesting afterword about the Iroquois influence on our form of government.
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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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- Canonical title
- People of the Masks
- Original title
- People of the masks
- Original publication date
- 1998-11
- People/Characters
- False Face Child; Jumping Badger; Wren
- Important places
- Ontario, Canada; Lake Ontario, North America; New York, USA; Great Lakes Region
- Epigraph
- approx 800 Ad, Ontario/Upper NY according to the inserted map.
- Dedication
- To Harold and Sylvia Fenn
And the remarkable H.B. Fenn staff across Canada
In gratitude for their warm friendship, and their dedication to publishing books about Canada's rich archaeological and historical herit... (show all)age
Acknowledgments:
None of the books in this series would be possible without the in-depth research of field archaeologists, historians, and specialists in Native American religions and culture. We would especially like ... (show all)to thank William Fox, Ronald F Williamson, David G Smith, Gary W Crawford, Dean R Snow, W A Ritchie, Bruce Trigger, Francis Jennings, for their superb research into what constitutes "Iroquoian" culture, and Cara E Richards, Laura Klein, Lillian Ackerman, and Joy Bibarz, for their work in the changing roles of women in Native American societies.
Lastly we offer our deepest thanks to Harriet McDougal. She has been a spring of renewal for us. Whenever we've felt tired or suddenly alone, she's always been there to straighten reality for us.
Thanks, Harriet. - First words
- Maureen Cole sat on the old-fashioned porch that wrapped around three sides of her small house in Niagara on the Lake.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She answered, "I finally know what happened to him."
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