Ancient Americas: Historical Fiction

ANCIENT ONES (Historical Fiction based on Kennewick Man discovery)
by Kirk Mitchell. Cover art by Jamie Warren-Youll. Condition: Gently pre-read 2002 Bantam paperback, first printing. Tiny edge wear with pale spine crease. Interior clean & tight. Content: Comanche Bureau of Indian Affairs Agent Emmet Quanah Parker and Anna Turnipseed of the FBI return in this installmen, which finds them seeking the services of a marriage counselor to sort through Anna's abusive past. All attempts at intimacy must be postponed as the two officiate at the examination of a 14,000-year-old Oregon skeleton called "John Day Man." The remains are clearly Caucasian, setting up uncomfortable dynamics as law enforcement officials, tribal representatives, and cantankerous, oddball anthropologist Thaddeus Rankin jockey for authority. When attractive tribal representative Elsa Dease goes missing, Anna and Emmet don't lack for unsavory suspects, including Basque shepherd and fossil hunter Gorka Bibao, elusive Paiute rodeo loser Tennyson Paulina, and a group of pagans calling themselves the Norse Folk Congress. As the murder tally rises, suspects and law enforcement alike are caught in the butchering killer's web. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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AZTEC: A Novel (Historical Fiction)
by Gary Jennings. Condition: UNREAD 1980 Atheneum hardcover & DJ (in mylar jackaet), Book Club Edition. Problem: DJ has 2 "repaired" tears top edge. Interior perfect. Content: Reviewer: "The most conspicuous element of this entire book is how Jennings is able to blend accurate history of the 16th century with lessons of life that are sure to be timeless. What I mean is that while reading this, not only will you learn a ton about Aztec society and culture and its subsequent end at the hands of Cortes from a people-wide perspective, but you also get to see this same conquest from the eyes of the narrator Mixtli. I love historical fiction, and because I didn't know much about the Aztecs prior to picking this book up, it was a bullseye hit in that respect. Furthermore--and what makes this book more than a mere history lesson--is that you a treated to seeing Mixtli's life progress from being a common citizen, through his rise to warrior, to his becoming nobility. This story is the real soul of the book, and there are passages that are as relevant today as they were 500 years ago when Mixtli spoke them. The bottom line is that this is a great book both for its historical fiction, as well as its sad/funny/awkward/inspiring/heartfelt/tragic, etc. story line that tells of Mixtli's life. It's a long book that will occupy your time, but it's so worth it. Get it now." Probably the best historical novel ever written. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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AZTEC AUTUMN (Historical Fiction, sequel to Aztec!)
by Gary Jennings. Condition: Gently pre-read 1988 TOR paperback, first printing. Very light edge wear. Pale spine crease. Interior clean & tight. Content: Historical novelist Gary Jennings returns to the time and place of his international bestseller Aztec one generation after the conquistadors have all but destroyed the culture. The once-shining capital city of Tenochtitlan has been renamed Mexico City. Eighteen-year-old Tenamaxtli, the novel's hero, has traveled with his mother from the northern region, where they have been kept abreast of the progress of the malignant, marauding, disease-bearing Spanish. In the course of witnessing the execution of an old Aztec, Tenamaxtli's mother reveals that the victim is, in fact, her son's father. Everything is in place for vengeance, and over the novel's next several years, Tenamaxtli organizes an ill-fated insurrection, enjoying many sexual adventures along the way. Told plainly and at some remove, Jennings has reserved the fancier footwork for an excursion into Aztec culture, creating a detailed tapestry of a struggling, vanquished race. Readers familiar with Mexican history will welcome the rich details of this vengeance drama; those new to it will be impressed by Jennings's exhaustive research. The narrative reads like a journal, its language meant to evoke some generic past. Perhaps this is a distancing device, allowing readers to focus on the rich weave of cultural and historic elements rather than the carnage, cruelty, and genocide that characterize this unhappy piece of Mexican history. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BEYOND THE ANCIENT CITIES (Historical Fiction)
by Jose Maria Merino. Translated from the Spanish by Helen Lane. Dan Burr cover art. Condition: UNREAD 1994 Farrar, Strauss hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: In the New World of the sixteenth century, Miguel and his godfather travel together from Mexico to Panama. Miguel, the son of a Spanish father and a Native American mother, chronicles their travels, attuned to the history of the Mayan and Incan cultures, as well as to the plight of the Indians under Spanish rule. Many perils and adventures befall the travelers, and through this action-adventure story, Merino skillfully weaves descriptions of the architectural complexity of the abandoned jungle cities with details of a native system of religious beliefs and of both kindness and cruelty in the Spaniards' behavior toward the indigenous peoples. Suitable for use in the curriculum as well as for recreational reading. Sequel to The Gold of Dreams. Excellent for homeschooling. Grades 6 - 10. Questions welcome. [1 copy left.]
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THE BURIED (Historical Mystery)
by Daniel Helfgott. Condition: UNREAD 1981 Avon paperback original, first pritning. Pale diagonal crease btoom front cover corner. Light edge wear. Light tanning. Content: The priceless Inca treasure might still be hidden in the lush jungle is a lure to many - explorers, adventurers, and murderers. This is a delightful romp into the location of Incas treasure. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE CHALCHIUHITE DRAGON; A Tale of Toltec Times
by Kenneth Morris. Richard Powers cover art. Condition: PLEASE READ / UNREAD, but not perfect, 1992 TOR hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. DJ shows edge wear with 2 "repaired cuts" to DJ folds. Interior perfect. Content: Messiah-like figure of the Quetzalcoatl--or Plumed Dragon--forms the central myth of the Aztec-Toltec culture. In his last novel, completed before his death in 1939 but only recently released for publication, Welsh fantasist and theosophist Morris attempts to make this complex story-cycle more accessible to a general audience. The author's style echoes an earlier, more leisurely age, but his subject is fascinating and his language evocative. The novel was completed more than 55 years ago by Welsh theosophist/mythographer Morris (1879-1937), but is seeing publication only now at the urging of such serious students of the genre as Ursula K. Le Guin. Aztecs, Toltecs and fantasy - works for me! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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CORN WOMAN (MUJER MAIZ) (SIGNED Bilingual copy)
by Sue Littleton. Wonderful color and B&W photos illustrate. Condition: SIGNED by Author. NEW 1999 Catalogos (Buenos Aires) Trade Paperback, first edition, first printing. Bilingual edition - Spanish on the left; English on the right. Content: An enthralling epic poem that honors the importance of a small seed to countries around the world, with ironic twists of plot as a vengeful captive in foreign land. Historically correct adventures in the Ancient Americas. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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CRICKET SINGS: A Novel of Pre-Columbian Cahokia
by Kathleen King. Wonderful cover but no credit given to the artist. Condition: UNREAD 1983 Ohio State University Press Trade Paperback which was a school library book (with markings) and laminated cover. The interior is perfect - clean & tight. Content: This book is a rare gem in the literature of the ancient Americas: a successful attempt to bring to life the ancient Mississippian civilization of Cahokia, located in Illinois just outside St. Louis, Mo. King has woven a believeable and compelling story around the social an deconomic structure of a time that is known to us only through archaeological records. The characters live within their culture and folkways, and are as real as characters in the best of novels. (Dee Brown) Ms. King also used ethnological research dats gathered from historic Native American groups in creating her cast of characters. Fascinating reading. Geared primarily to young adults. This is the only work of fiction that I have found dealing with this civilization. [1 copy available]
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THE DELIGHT MAKERS: A novel of prehistoric Pueblo Indians
by Adolf F. Bandelier. Intro by Stefan Jovanovich. Condition: NEW 1971 Harvest Trade Paper edition, 13th printing (c. 1990-2000). Tiny edge wear. Content: The author, an archaeologist who spent eight years among the Pueblo tribes of New Mexico, provides in fictional form an invaluable reconstruction of prehistoric Indian culture of the Southwest. Bandelier was born in Bern, Switzerland. When a youth he emigrated to the United States. After 1880 he devoted himself to archaeological and ethnological work among the Indians of the southwestern United States, Mexico and South America. Beginning his studies in Sonora (Mexico), Arizona and New Mexico, he made himself the leading authority on the history of this region, and - with F. H. Cushing and his successors - one of the leading authorities on its prehistoric civilization. Bandelier tells the story of the ancestors of the modern Pueblos, the Queres, who are dominated by a powerful secret society called the Koshare or "Delight Makers." Rivalry between clans and a conspiracy to accuse a woman of sorcery touch of war with a neighboring tribe, the Tehuas, and lead to the destruction of the Queres settlement. Bandelier wrote the book "to make the 'Truth about the Pueblo Indians' moe accessible and perhaps more acceptable to the public in general." Questions welcome. [2 copies available]
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THE FAIR GOD Or the Last of the 'Tzins: A Tale of teh Conquest of Mexico
by General Lew Wallace (Ben-Hur. B&W full-page plates by Eric Pape. Condition: This manuscript was found (said Wallace in his Introduction, which was fiction of a cloth with the novel to follow) among a heap of old dispatches from the Viceroy Mendoza to the Emperor. It must have been to give him a completer idea of the Aztecan people and their civilization, or to lighten the burdens of royalty by an amusement to which, it is known, Charles V. was not averse. Besides, Mendoza, in his difficulty with the Marquess of the Valley (Cortes), failed not to avail himself of every means likely to propitiate his cause with the court, and especially with the Royal Council of the Indies. It is not altogether improbable, therefore, that the manuscript was forwarded for the entertainment of the members of the Council and the lordly personages of the Court. . . . everything relative to the New World, and particularly the dazzling conquest of Mexico. [Regardless of the publisher's note here, this IS a work of fiction.] Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE JAGUAR PRINCESS (Historical Fantasy)
by Clare Bell. Beautiful Jody Lee cover art. Condition: UNREAD 1994 TOR paperback, first printing. Tiny edge wear with light tanning to page edges. No odors. Content: Mysticism, shape-changing, art and brutal religiosity are melded in this vivid tale of a seldom-plumbed time and place--the Aztec Empire at its height, before the arrival of European invaders. With a deep sense of time and place, Bell ( People of the Sky ) tells of the girl-child Mixcatl, stolen from her jungle village and bound into slavery in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan at the age of six, where she labors as a menial at a priests' school until her talent for art brings her the chance to apprentice as a scribe. Her destiny changes when Wise Coyote, tlatoani (Speaker King) of the client state Texcoco, learns that Mixcatl is a member of the clan called the Jaguar's Children, fabled rulers from a distant time. As Wise Coyote tries to use Mixcatl's as yet unrevealed talent as a shape-changer in his struggle against the Aztec king Ilhuicamina, whose sacrifices to the god Hummingbird on the Left grow vaster and deadlier every year, the girl attempts to control her growing powers while developing a gentle love for his son, the artist Huetzin. Drawing on unusual and powerful symbols, Bell brings a vanished civilization to life in this unusual fantasy. Historically accurate. [1 copy available]
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THE MOCHE WARRIOR (An Archaeological Mystery)
by Lyn Hamilton. Condition: Gently pre-read 2000 Berkley paperback, first printing. Light edge wear with spine crease. Interior clean & tight. Content: Reviewer: "Second novel of Lyn Hamilton with the same character: Lara Mc Clyntoch, owner of antiquities shop in Toronto. Perhaps not as good as the first one, but still a good plot with great mistery. And after the Mayan civilisation you will discover Peru. Here perhaps the only lacking point: were is all the historical research we were now used to? A little bit less of that and the story doesn't have all the appeal that THE XIBALBA MURDER had. Anyway a good story to read, other adventures of our heroin Lara Mc Clintoch, a simple curious woman in her forties." [1 copy available]
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MOON FIRE
by Judith Redman Robbins. Condition: NEW 2000 Signet paperback. Perfect. Content: Historical fiction/romance. A vibrant, tapestried tale of love and betrayal and heroism among the Ancient ones of Chaco Canyon. Its prose is delicate, spare and stately, conveying both passion and restraint in a wealth of cultural detail. Moon Fire is a gifted student of the Sun Priests who develops her special ability to communicate with animals to help her people. Moon Fire threads a precarious existence in the time of the Great Drought when the peoples of Chaco Canyon gradually left their stone dwellings to seek better sustenance (presumably). Moon Fire's family suffers hunger, thirst and fear of betrayal and falseness on many levels. The bravery of Moon Fire, her brothers, and her lover and life mate, the Sun Priest flutist WenaAhote, are fully challenged and displayed. [1 copy available]
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THE PLUMED SERPENT
by D. H. Lawrence. Diego Rivera Market at Tennochtitlan cover art. Condition: UNREAD 1995 Trade Paperback, no printing given. Light tanning to page edges. Content: While this is technically not an Ancient Americas novel, it relies heavily on the Aztec religion. Reviewer: "The critics focus on Lawrence's lifelong sexual themes and his colonial-era views on race, but the best part of this book, and the reason it's still important, is that it contains Lawrence's prescription for modern metaphysical ills -- a return to religion, not Christianity but a sort of new paganism which draws at its core on ideas from gnosticism and eastern mysticism. Lawrence thinks that Quetzalcoatl would embody this new paganism in Mexico, but he has Ramon suggest to Kate that, if she returns to Ireland, she should encourage the Irish to similarly reinvent the Celtic gods on the gnostic model. Ramon thinks every culture should revert to its old gods -- which he thinks are all expressions of the same, universal God -- because different "races," or to use more modern, politically correct terminology, different cultures understand the idea of "god" through their own unique experience, history and ways of thinking. Regardless of any other shortcomings, this is a fascinating, thoughtful approach, artfully presented. I liked Lawrence's Quetzalcoatl hymns quite a bit, and thought they added immensely to the above-identified theme." [1 copy available]
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THE QUEEN JADE: A New World Novel of Adventue [Red Lion series]
by Yxta Maya Murray. Condition: UNREAD 2008 Harper Trade Paperback, first printing. Tiny shelf wear. Content: There is a legend of the New World that has endured for centuries: the strange, tragic tale of a King, a Witch . . . and a blue gem of intoxicating beauty said to grant extraordinary power to whoever possesses it. Archaeologist Juana Sanchez, convinced that she's discovered the key to unlocking the mystery of the fabled Queen Jade, ventures into the Central American jungle alone—just ahead of the relentless pounding fury of Hurricane Mitch. When the terrible storm is over, Juana is gone, and an ancient, long-buried jade mine has been uncovered in the mountains of Guatemala, giving new hope to all obsessed seekers of the legendary stone. But it is a different obsession that plunges Juana's daughter—scholar and bookseller Lola Sanchez—into the remarkable adventure of a lifetime. For only by following the Queen Jade's perilous, cursed trail can Lola hope to find her vanished mother . . . if it isn't already too late. [1 copy available]
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RUNESTONE: An Epic Novel of Adventure
by Don Coldsmith [The Spanish Bit Saga]. Tom Hall cover art. Condition: Gently pre-read 1995 Bantam paperback, first printing. Tiny edge wear with pale spine crease. Interior clean & tight. Content: Inspired by mysterious runestones found near Heavener, Oklahoma, Coldsmith offers a rousing tale that shows how the runestones could have ended up in America. In an epic novel that, with its emphasis on the Plains Indians of the 11th century, can be considered a prequel to his popular Spanish Bit Saga novels, Coldsmith provides a gripping and imaginative account of the earliest days of the Norse exploration of North America. At the same time, he offers an enjoyable examination of the very contemporary issue of cultural diversity. Nils Thorsson, commander of the ship Snowbird, survives an attack by Indians along the St. Lawrence River; the only other survivors are Nils's steersman, Svenson, and an Indian who had joined their band after escaping an enemy tribe that had gouged out one of his eyes. Jeeringly nicknamed after the Norsemen's one-eyed, supreme god, "Odin" has been regarded by the Norse as subhuman, an ignorant barbarian. But Nils and Svenson grudgingly change their opinion as Odin leads them inland, away from their pursuers and to his village. There the two foreigners find themselves in a civilization far different from their own, yet with its own extraordinary attributes. Finally managing to arrange a voyage that he hopes will take him back home, Nils leaves Odin's people only to discover, after great danger, that his heart belongs to his adopted civilization and the family he has established there. Coldsmith weaves a wealth of fascinating historical detail into his narrative, deftly re-creating a long-ago world enlivened by believable characters, realistic (and often witty) dialogue, vivid prose and nonstop action. [One of my favorite books!] [1 copy available]
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SHE WHO REMEMBERS
by Linda Lay Shuler. Condition: Gently pre-read 1989 Signet paperback (495 pages), 23rd printing. Tiny shelf wear. Pale spine crease. Interior clean & tight. Content: Set in the American Southwest during the 13th century, Shuler's absorbing first novel portrays Kwani, an intrepid young Pueblo Indian of the Anasazi tribe whose fortitude is severely tested. The daughter of a Viking invader, Kwani is exiled from her clan because her blue eyes mark her as a witch. She is found by Kokopelli, a charismatic Toltec nobleman renowned as a magician, teacher and healer. Dazzled by his mystique, Kwani willingly accompanies Kokopelli to the Eagle Clan's encampment, where he makes her his mate, later leaving her with the tribe during his arduous winter travels. Kwani assumes the honorary title of She Who Remembers, keeper of tribal secrets and spiritual powers. Once again, however, she is accused of being a witch and is driven away just as Kokopelli returns. Together, they set off on a hazardous trek, in which they encounter other men who desire Kwani and her mystic powers. The plot sometimes moves slowly, and, aside from Kwani, the characterizations are superficial. Nevertheless, Shuler's exhaustive research lends authenticity to her vivid, fascinating descriptions of Indian society and culture. [1 copy available]
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SKRAELINGS (A Tale of Magic and Treachery in Early North America)
by Carl Sherrell. Cover art & B&W illustrations by Harry Quinn. Condition: Gently pre-read (perhaps) 1987 New Infinities Productions paperback, firsxt printing. Small edgewear with light shelfwear hinge crease. Interior clean & tight. Content: Historical fiction/romance. This is a most unusual combination of ancient North American history and romance. If you recall your history, the "Skraelings" was the name the Vikings who tried to settle Vinland gave to the Native Americans who inhabited the land. Eventually the fierce Skraelings forced the Vikings to return to their homeland and forget about the new world. The story here is the quest by Raum (a once powerful netherworld being) for his beloved Vivienne who was kidnapped and taken to the land of the Skraelings - who both help and hinder Raum in his search. A very strange book, but interesting. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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SKY COYOTE (Science Fiction)
by Kage Baker. Tom Canty cover art (so different from his "usual" covers). Condition: NEW 2000 Avon paperback, first printing. Tiny edge wear. Content: Cunningly blending a pre-Columbian past with a 24th century extrapolated from every adult's nightmare about the younger generation, Baker's second installment in her Company series proves a witty match to In the Garden of Iden. Fresh from a cushy R&R after a supervisory stint in the Inquisition, time-hopping cyborg Facilitator Joseph jaunts to 16th-century Alta California. There, cybernetically outfitted with fur and paws, he apotheosizes to the cannily entrepreneurial Chumash Indian tribe so he can collect them and their entire biosystem for Company studies in the remote future. Joseph's Company is Baker's deliciously wicked platform for satirizing past, present and all-too-likely future human frailties. From sure-handed sendups of 24th-century Cinema Standard speech patterns and a dismayingly suggestive portrait of the Chumash Medical Association - staring eyes, knotted hair and an air of too frequent consumption of alkaloids - to the Company's sacred Greater Mission Statement, Baker nails her 20th-century targets: societal, religious and oh-so-personal hypocrisy.Great fun and "funnily serious." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THUNDERWOMAN: A Mythic Novel of the Pueblos
by Nancy Wood. B&W illustrations by Richard Erdoes. Condition: NEW 1999 Dutton hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: At the dawn of time, Kobili and his wife, Thunderwoman, created the universe together, but then quarreled and were separated. Now with Coronado's army approaching, the ageless shaman awaits his beloved's rebirth. Will she join him in their final task? Or will Macaw's predictions of legions of armored men, riding like the wind on the backs of horses--men like don Juan de O-ate, with a mission to convert and destroy--come true before Thunderwoman has harnessed her own powers? hunderwoman, cocreator of the universe according to the Pueblos, returns to earth in human form at the time of the conquistadors. Reborn as Sayah, daughter of a chieftain, she is raised by her former husband, now Kobili the wise man. The invasion by conquistadors and the Catholic religion threaten to shatter her world, and she must work within human limitations to save her people. For almost 400 years, Sayah's human and animal compatriots travel the land to bring news, stories, and the strength of legends to their loved ones. Finally, Sayah cannot excise the interlopers from the land, but she can give her people the courage and will to continue. Wood, known for her poetry and short story collections, has undertaken a challenging mix of history and mythology. This work is populated with interesting and amusing, albeit unlikable, white characters. Thunderwoman's return in human form, including her development into a female warrior who retains her feminine compassion, is a fascinating if offbeat premise. Some inconsistencies in Thunderwoman's abilities are distracting to readers, who may be confused by her varying powers through time. Dark illustrations, imitative but not truly Native designs, are inserted skillfully throughout the text. At times confusing, this is still an engrossing read for mature readers with a special interest in Native cultures and Southwestern history. HIgh school and up. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE VISITANT (Book I, Anasazi Mysteries)
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear. Kokopelli cover art. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 2000 TOR paperback, first printing. Tiny edge wear with short crease front cover at fore edge (shelf wear). Interior clean & tight. Content: In the upper Sonoran desert of present-day New Mexico, a charismatic yet troubled archeologist named Dusty Stewart is unearthing a mystery that began about A.D. 1200. While excavating a site of the Chaco Anasazi Indians, Stewart and his team discover mass graves containing the bodies of young women, all with their skulls smashed. Using flashbacks to merge past and present into a relatively seamless tapestry, the Gears depict an ancient, waning Anasazi people plagued with drought, declining resources and rampant tuberculosis. Ash Girl, the wife of the tribal war chief, Browser, has been found deadAher head crushed and a wolf mask at her side. Young girls continue to disappear from surrounding villages, and Browser, with the aid of his shrewdly eccentric uncle, searches for a serial killer. Meanwhile, in the present, a team of archeologists and anthropologists, most notably Dr. Maureen Cole, who's the heroine of this series launch, are also trying to solve the puzzle of the graves, using not only 20th-century technology, but, in addition, extrasensory perception that links them to the spirits of the past. Breathtaking descriptions evoke the harsh beauty of the desert in both winter and summer, while the lucid, erudite historical perspectives are informed by the authors' own extensive archeological experience. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE WATERS BETWEEN: A Novel of the Dawn Land
by Joseph Bruchac. Gary Hamel cover art. Condition: NEW 1998 Univ. Press of New England Trade Paperback, first printing. Short, pale diagonal crease bottom front cover corner. Content: The title of this third installment in the Dawn Land trilogy (after Dawn Land and Long River) refers to Lake Champlain, and those waters are decidedly troubled as Native American storyteller Bruchac again follows the adventures of Young Hunter, an Abenaki brave, and his family at the end of the last ice age. The lake has been cut off from the ocean but is still salty enough to harbor seals, sharks, whales and other sea life. A crisis comes when Young Hunter and his faithful dog, Agwedjiman, discover something else, a Loch Ness-like monster living there. Cut off from a key source of food by the serpent's presence, the Only People (the Abenaki) are threatened. Young Hunter must defeat the monster in order to save them. Complicating his task is Watches Darkness, a twisted sorcerer who has turned against his own people and now uses his powers to destroy them. Bruchac leavens his premodern story with retellings of myths from the Abenaki oral tradition. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE WHITE PATH ((The Real People Book 3)
by Robert J. Conley. Wonderful DJ wrap-around cover art by Murv Jacob. Condition: NEW 1993 Doubleday hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: The Spur Award-winning author of Nickajack continues the remarkable saga of the early Cherokee people and their struggle against a fierce and ancient enemy. Following the overthrow of the despotic priests, the Real People face an uncertain future, as internal feuds simmer and factions scheme for control. The other books in this series: The Cherokee People and The Way South. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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