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| Original Title: | People of the Lightning |
| ISBN: | 0812515560 (ISBN13: 9780812515565) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | North America's Forgotten Past #7 |
Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Paperback | Pages: 608 pages Rating: 4.22 | 1784 Users | 46 Reviews
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People of the Lightning takes us to ancient Florida, to a village of fisher folk who must face their deepest fear: Pondwader, now a lanky boy of fifteen summers. He is the White Lightning Boy--the first of his kind to be born in tens of tens of summers. His white hair, pink eyes, and pale skin make him fearsome enough, but legends foretell that a Lightning Boy will make Sister Moon bury her face in the clouds and weep falling stars--and the winds of destruction will be unleashed.The folk manage to trade him in marriage to Musselwhite, a woman warrior who does not really want him. She must face an old enemy who has captured her beloved husband, an enemy who is determined to destroy her. What good to her is this soft-hearted youth? She has yet to learn that Pondwader is a Lightning Boy. He can hear voices in the wind, telling of coming horror....
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| Title | : | People of the Lightning (North America's Forgotten Past #7) |
| Author | : | Kathleen O'Neal Gear |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 608 pages |
| Published | : | November 15th 1996 by Tor Books (first published 1995) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.22 From 1784 Users | 46 ReviewsCommentary Of Books People of the Lightning (North America's Forgotten Past #7)
Another great adventure out of the human past. For anybody with blood ties to America's indigenous peoples, of whatever tribe, these stories are a unique and vivid window into our collective history - history often buried under myth, legend and folktale. The Gear stories are like a strong wind that blows away the fog and gives us a glimpse of landscape unseen in many centuries.Tracing the imagined lives of Native Americans approximately 5000 years ago in the Florida region this tales the tale of a 'lightning boy' an albino boy marked with special powers. He is thrown into the conflict between two warring communities and unwittingly draws the central people to the final confrontation acting as a lightning rod of sorts. Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear's works on early Native Americans is full of historic detail that is interesting and informative and reveals their great
People of the Lightning (North America's Forgotten Past, #7)Gear, W. MichaelGear, Kathleen O'neal A divergent story from the normal formula of "people" series... Don't worry fans you still have a found object "Turtle bone doll", and you still have a fantastic story with loveable characters. The divergence of the story is that the story is "told" by an elder, orally. Its a hilarious break in the story as the elder loses his train of thought and suggests other stories he has not yet related. It is
The Gears really can do no wrong. Brilliant world-building, this time set in pre-history Florida, conjures a mystical and multifarious pre-colonization America and the fascinating cultures of indigenous tribes. Rather than writing historical fiction of Native American tribes, the Gears use extensive anthropological research to create absorbing stories that are informed and molded after the beautiful and exceptional cultures they study. Elements of magic and sublime wonder abound which creates an
I loved this book. It takes place in the part of Florida I grew up in. The descriptions of the natural areas was spot on, I felt like I was home again.
Loved the characters!!
I love all of W. Michael and Kathleen's books!
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