People of the Sea (The First North Americans Series) [Hardcover]

W. Michael Gear (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Demco Media (May 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606117350
• ISBN-13: 978-0606117357
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,669,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

W. Michael Gear has co-written 23 international bestsellers which have been translated into 21 languages. His novel People of the Raven won the Golden Spur Award in 2005. Michael's solo novel Morning River was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1998. In addition to writing both fiction and non-fiction, the Gear operates an anthropological research company called Wind River Archaeological Consultants, and raises buffalo on his ranch in northern Wyoming.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good exercise bike read., March 1, 2004

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The Old Philosopher "The Old Philosopher" (WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People of the Sea (The First North Americans series, Book 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked this one. It's a charming saga of prehistoric peoples somewhere in California. Our heroine gets afoul of her husband for adultery, and decides to run off instead of facing the death penalty allotted to her. Her angry husband and his brothers follow her for weeks with murderous intent. During her escape we read of her many exploits trying to throw them off her trail, the birth of her baby alone in a cave, and how she manages to cross a raging river with the newborn. Always heading west, finally she's taken in by a coastal tribe. Meanwhile the coastal tribe has their own problems. The mammoth migration has declined in recent years and they are forced to look elsewhere for a home. The angry husband eventually shows up and a deadly confrontation results. I found the story readable. The battered wife, angry husband confrontation is a bit overdone. Do we really believe that he would spend a year and risk death to find and kill a adulterous woman who ran off and kept going? I didn't believe it. The disaster that befalls the coastal tribe is a little overboard too, but I guess it's almost believable. With those exceptions it's a good entertaining read for the hot tub on an afternoon.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More inventive storytelling from the Gears., October 9, 2000

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A. Tresca - See all my reviews
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This review is from: People of the Sea (The First North Americans series, Book 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

Pregnant and fleeing from her abusive husband, Kestrel is in grave danger. When Sunchaser, a Dreamer who has lost his way, finds her they unexpectedly fall in love. At a time when mammoths are being driven to extinction, Sunchaser must hold his people's faith steady and save his lover from her husband and enemy. How can he possibly complete these difficult tasks when Power has abandoned him? Set in the Sierra Nevada's of the Ice Age, their world was in a dramatic state of environmental flux which affected the lives of all living things.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not one of my favourite People books, September 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: People of the Sea (The First North Americans series, Book 5) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have been reading my way through the People series, and this is the 5 in the series and the 5 that I've read. Of all of them so far this one was my least favourite. I have found the others in the series to be so believable and engrossing. This one was less believable and the characterization was not as finely drawn. I intend to read the rest and I hope that they are more like the other 4 books in the series. So far my favourite has been People of the Earth.