Calling Crow Nation [Paperback]

Paul Clayton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1999

This edition has been superseded by the new CreateSpace edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 268 pages
• Publisher: e-reads.com (December 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585865788
• ISBN-13: 978-1585865789
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,405,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul Clayton is the author of a three-book historical series on the Spanish Conquest of the Floridas-- Calling Crow, Flight of the Crow, and Calling Crow Nation (Putnam/Berkley), and a novel, Carl Melcher Goes to Vietnam (St. Martin's Press), based on his own experiences in that war.

Carl Melcher Goes to Vietnam was a finalist at the 2001 Frankfurt eBook Awards, along with works by Joyce Carol Oates (Faithless) and David McCullough (John Adams).

Clayton's latest book-- White Seed: The Untold Story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke-- is a work of historical fiction.

Paul currently lives in California, with his son and daughter.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a brilliant work of historical fiction, April 11, 1997

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This review is from: Calling Crow Nation (Paperback)

In sixteenth century Terra Florida, there exists a balance of power between two rival tribes, the Timucua and the Coosa. However, with the incursion of the Europeans, an arms race has ensued. The Timucua led by Mantua obtain the help of a Spanish slaver, Avila, who provides them with shooting sticks in exchange for slaves. Mantua has even sold his own people into bondage for the weapons provided by Avila. ...... Calling Crow, a Coosa leader, has to make a decision that could change the way his people live. He realizes that his people's weapons, bows and arrows, are primitive to what Mantua and his band use. The Spanish rivals and hated enemies in the Southeast are the English, represented by the Newman family and their crew. The English meet Calling Crow and offer to help his tribe in the upcoming battle with Mantua and Avila. Calling Crow has an extremely difficult decision to make. If Calling Crow accepts the English offer, is he replacing one serpent with another? If he rejects the offer, has he doomed his people to death and slavery when they struggle to survive the onslaught? ...... CALLING CROW NATION is an action-packed historical fiction that brings the native and European cultures in picturesque color. Calling Crow is one of the great characters ever to grace a historical novel and the secondary characters add plenty of realism. This tale should be recognized as one of the most exciting novels of the year. This reviewer plans to read the two previous books (CALLING CROW and FLIGHT OF THE CROW) in this brilliant trilogy. .......Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I could have kept reading, May 5, 2011

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Charlotte Watkins (DALTON, OH, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Calling Crow Nation (Book Three of the Southeast Series) (Kindle Edition)

Last of a trilogy, Calling Crow Nation continues the story of Calling Crow. Calling Crow leads his people and his family in a constant struggle against the Spanish and other tribes who assist to destroy their peaceful existance.

It is another saga, I would encourage to author to continue. I would enjoy reading about the generations that followed this powerful man.