legna
06-19-2002, 12:44 AM
"People of the Wolf" by W. michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Stepping Stones. Did you ever wonder how you came to be where you are today? What made you what and who you are? Why is your favorite ice cream chocolate, or you least favorite food spinich, or that you like to play hockey? Did you stop after reading a good book, and wonder how you managed to find THAT particular book to read (And I'm sure it's not because of the reviews I write)? Think about it. This book for instance. I love to read historical fiction. That love came about because I read "River God" by Wilbur Smith (http://pub18.ezboard.com/ffilmhobbitfrm19.showMessage?topicID=5.topic). I'd read all the ancient Egypt books I could lay my hands on, and so someone recommended the "Clan of the Cave Bear" books by Jean Auel (http://pub18.ezboard.com/ffilmhobbitfrm19.showMessage?topicID=27.topic). There was a new one coming out, and once I devoured those I needed something else to read- so this book was recommended. Stepping Stones.
Ok I see you sitting there and scratching you head wondering- where in gods name is this rambling headed? Let me try to explain. In Ancient Indian blief, there was a belief in the "one", or the spiral. Circles within circles. Forever changing and yet forever the same. What comes before creates what comes after. It is the essence of the stories contained in these books.
People of the Wolf is a historical fiction written about the lives of the American Indian in ancient times. It is the beginning of an amazingly written series of 10 books, each covering a differnt era in the ancient indian life, and the dreamers who shaped them.
The husband and wife Gear team have created a fiction based not only on the Indian stories of the "beginning" of life, but also on established archelogical fact. Very few historical fictions will probabley ever come as close to non-fiction as these books do. However, don't let the trueness of the content phase you, this books flows like a true fiction story.
The only problem I have found in this series so far, is that the Introduction, set in modern times, often describes the destruction of some Indian relic, and yet that is never explained. However, if you read close enough, you can see the relevance between the object and the story that is then told. This is one series that just needs to be read to be understood.
Rating
9 and a half out of a possible 10 stars
View the book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812521331/qid=1024460490/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-3944745-4760716)
Stepping Stones. Did you ever wonder how you came to be where you are today? What made you what and who you are? Why is your favorite ice cream chocolate, or you least favorite food spinich, or that you like to play hockey? Did you stop after reading a good book, and wonder how you managed to find THAT particular book to read (And I'm sure it's not because of the reviews I write)? Think about it. This book for instance. I love to read historical fiction. That love came about because I read "River God" by Wilbur Smith (http://pub18.ezboard.com/ffilmhobbitfrm19.showMessage?topicID=5.topic). I'd read all the ancient Egypt books I could lay my hands on, and so someone recommended the "Clan of the Cave Bear" books by Jean Auel (http://pub18.ezboard.com/ffilmhobbitfrm19.showMessage?topicID=27.topic). There was a new one coming out, and once I devoured those I needed something else to read- so this book was recommended. Stepping Stones.
Ok I see you sitting there and scratching you head wondering- where in gods name is this rambling headed? Let me try to explain. In Ancient Indian blief, there was a belief in the "one", or the spiral. Circles within circles. Forever changing and yet forever the same. What comes before creates what comes after. It is the essence of the stories contained in these books.
People of the Wolf is a historical fiction written about the lives of the American Indian in ancient times. It is the beginning of an amazingly written series of 10 books, each covering a differnt era in the ancient indian life, and the dreamers who shaped them.
The husband and wife Gear team have created a fiction based not only on the Indian stories of the "beginning" of life, but also on established archelogical fact. Very few historical fictions will probabley ever come as close to non-fiction as these books do. However, don't let the trueness of the content phase you, this books flows like a true fiction story.
The only problem I have found in this series so far, is that the Introduction, set in modern times, often describes the destruction of some Indian relic, and yet that is never explained. However, if you read close enough, you can see the relevance between the object and the story that is then told. This is one series that just needs to be read to be understood.
Rating
9 and a half out of a possible 10 stars
View the book (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0812521331/qid=1024460490/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-3944745-4760716)