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"1151 A.D. In the aftermath of a terrible storm, an old Calusa woman hears the pitiful cries of a wild animal. Searching for the beast, she finds a child instead, a baby girl hidden beneath the rubble. It is clear to the woman that this child is a gift from the Spirits, so she names the baby Cougar and accepts the girl as her own."--Jacket.Tags
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I tried to enjoy this book. There were many good parts, but some other parts felt somewhat stilted and childish. I think that this book could have benefited from some editing to cut out some unneccessary parts. The book also ended too quickly for me.
Since the author did so much speculating on a historical figure that not much is known about, I wish she had continued the story further. Since this is the second book in a series. I hope that she writes a third book, and makes this a trilogy, at least, as there is much left unsaid/undone at the end of this book.
Since the author did so much speculating on a historical figure that not much is known about, I wish she had continued the story further. Since this is the second book in a series. I hope that she writes a third book, and makes this a trilogy, at least, as there is much left unsaid/undone at the end of this book.
Prince Madoc's story continues as his fledgling colony struggles to survive in a new and often hostile world.
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Anna Lee Waldo was born in Great Falls, Montana in 1925. She received a degree in chemistry from Montana State and a master's in organic chemistry from the University of Maryland, College Park. She taught chemistry at numerous colleges including the University of Dayton, St. Louis Community College, and St. John's Mercy College. Her novels include show more Sacajawea and Prairie. She also writes the Druid Circle series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Circle of Stars
- Original title
- Circle of Stars
- Original publication date
- 2001-08
- People/Characters
- Pedr Sant-Riyrd; Gerard; Sigur; Erlandson; Kablye; Willem (show all 10); Dove; Westri; White Crane; Gray Wolf
- Important places
- America
- Important events
- Welsh Colonization of America
- Epigraph
- I am truly grateful to the copyright holders credited below [see book], who gave me permission to use quotes from their work in my epigraphs, The Welsh spelling of proper names or places may differ with various authors
What is culture? Even anthropologists struggle to define the word. Food, dress, tools, dwellings, laws, manners, art, myths - culture can be described as the manifestation of human existence that are transmitted from one gene... (show all)ration to the next, a pool of collective intellect and memory.
William Allen, ed
Voices of the WorldNational Geographic - Dedication
- This books is dedicated with love to Sara,
once a Polliwog, who became a beloved Medicine Woman,
and to my brother Eugene (192801996) who was Chief Shipmaster of the Sinopah and Rising Wolf. on Two Medicine Lake in Gla... (show all)cier National Park - First words
- The tan-skinned old woman was black haired, brown eyed, and not more than five feet, three inches tall.
- Quotations
- America has been discovered before
but it has always been hushed up.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Draped over the fence post, as if for payment for the white lamb, was a large, furry brown bear carcass - the first bear the druids had seen in Llan Newydd
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- Fiction and Literature, Historical Fiction, General Fiction, Fantasy, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3573 .A4216 .C54 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 5
