People of the Raven, Kathleen ONeal Gear
People of the Raven, Kathleen ONeal Gear
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People of the Raven

Author: Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 17 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2004


Synopsis

In this newest installment of the bestselling Prehistoric North America series, animals and humans are struggling for survival amidst massive environmental change. Mammoths, mastodons, and giant lions have become extinct, and Rain Bear, the chief of Sandy Point Village, knows his struggling Raven People may be next. One day a beautiful red-haired woman, Evening Star, stumbles into his council lodge and begs him for sanctuary. He soon learns that she's an escaped slave from the North Wind People, a Caucasoid race and the Raven People's mortal enemies. If he offers to protect her, the North Wind People will attack, but if he sends her back, Rain Bear knows Evening Star will be tortured and perhaps killed.

About Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Kathleen O'Neal Gear is a former state historian and archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska for the US Department of the Interior. She has twice received the federal government's Special Achievement Award for "outstanding management" of America's cultural heritage. She is also a New York Times bestselling author with forty-eight books and over 200 nonfiction articles in print.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katrin on October 18, 2017

I bought this book almost…wow…ten years ago at a library book sale. At the time, I remember seeing these “First North Americans” books everywhere and, frankly, I liked the almost cheesy cover art, so I thought I’d give it a go and see what these Native American books were all about. I started it no......more

Goodreads review by Mieczyslaw on October 08, 2012

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a tale of survival and strategy. The People of the Raven are in a subservient relationship with the North Wind People; they provide food and resources whilst the North Wind People provide them with skilfully-produced artefacts. What should be a symbiotic relatio......more

Goodreads review by Stina on June 11, 2023

I wanted to like it very badly, because I really like these authors… but it was just so confusing. The names of the groups and sometimes even the characters did not make sense (ex. One war chief having white hair but being called Dogrib and the opposing war chief being called White Stone… they could......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on March 06, 2014

I'm starting to feel like I'm reading the same book. Young, seemingly incapable boy who must Dream a new spiritual path for his people. Old (but not too old) powerful woman dreamer who dances on the sides of both good and evil. Strong leaders who fall in love and help lead their clans away from the......more

Goodreads review by Bobbie on July 16, 2019

Following the discovery of the Kennewick Man, a skeleton discovered o the banks of the Columbia River around which much controversy flowed for years, the Gears attempt to show his possible origins in this fabulous addition to their First North Americans series. Matron Ashcat of the North Wind People'......more