Kathleen O'Neal Michael Gear PEOPLE OF THE LAKES First Edition
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Kathleen O'Neal Michael Gear PEOPLE OF THE LAKES First Edition
First US edition, first print hardback of PEOPLE OF THE LAKES, by Kathleen O'Neal and W. Michael Gear and published by Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., New York, in August 1994. Stated 'First Edition' and full numberline 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page. Maps and interior art by Ellisa Mitchell.
The book is in near fine condition (Clean blue boards with copper lettering on spine) with only minor wear to the illustrated dust jacket, which is not price clipped (light creasing to the edges mainly around the spine and slight rubbing to two of the top corners and very slight line markings at the back). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions.
Kathleen O'Neal Gear (born 1954) is an American writer. Gear is a former state historian and archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska for the U.S. Department of the Interior. She has twice received the federal government's Special Advancement Award for "outstanding management" of our nation's cultural heritage. She is perhaps best known for her First North Americans series, co-authored with husband W. Michael Gear, who holds a master's degree in archaeology. W. Michael Gear has worked as a professional archaeologist since 1978. He is currently principal investigator for Wind River Archaeological Consultants. The Gears, whose First North American Series and Anasazi Mystery Series, are both international as well as USA Today bestsellers, live in Thermopolis, Wyoming.
People of the Lakes is a historical fiction novel by the authors. It is the sixth book in The First North Americans series. The book is set in the North American continent during the Middle Ages and follows the plight of a group of natives trying to save their clan from a great evil and avoid a rival clan.
"A captivating novel of confrontation between those who dare to question power and those who seek to control it for their own glory.
Award-winning archaeologists and master storytellers, the authors spin a provocative tale of the perils and passions of the lives of the Hopewell tribes in early North America.
Star Shell, the privileged daughter of a prominent Hopewell chief, must save her people from the corrupting influence of an evil totemic mask. No one will be able to recover it if she carries it northward across the Great Lakes and throws it into the torrents of Niagara Falls.
Otter, one of the finest Traders on the great rivers of North America, finds himself in the middle of Star Shell's race against time. Accompanied by the mighty warrior, Black Skull, and a mystical Contrary, Green Spider, Otter is unprepared for his involvement in the mission to banish the mask to a watery grave.
Otter aids Pearl, a beautiful runaway who has stolen his heart; he is pursued by the vengeful chief who wants her back. Star Shell's lifelong enemy is almost upon her as well. He has sworn to rescue the mask from its fate and wants its power for himself alone.
Otter, Star Shell, and their companions must brave the stormy waters of the Great Lakes, relying on the lunatic ramblings of the Contrary Green Spider. Is he a prophet or a raving maniac? More importantly, can Otter and Star Shell discover which of the Spirit Powers that started them on this perilous journey acts for good and which for evil?
Set against the splendor of the lands surrounding the Great Lakes two thousand years ago, People of the Lakes follows the paths of Otter and Star Shell as they race across North America, carrying the fate of the Hopewell Mound Builders in their hands. Will they lead their people to salvation or annihilation?"
608 pages.
ISBN: 0 312 85722 5
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