People of the Weeping Eye

North America's Forgotten Past (Volume 15)

W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear

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People called Old White the "Seeker," a man never long with any people or place. For years he had wandered, leaving a trail of war, wonder, and broken love in his wake. Now he is headed home, called back by visions of chaos, blood, and fire. But there is more to the Seeker than most know. He is a man driven by a secret so terrible it may topple the greatest city in North America.
 
When the far-off Katsinas told Old White it was time to go home, he had no idea that his journey would take him to the head of the Mississippi, where he would encounter the mystical Two Petals--a  youngsoul woman obsessed with Spirit Power, who lives life backwards. But before Two Petals can find her way out of the future, Old White must heal the rift in her tortured soul. To do so, he will need the help of Trader, a loner consumed by his own dark past. 
 
People of the Weeping Eye is an epic set against the might and majesty of the great Mississippian Chiefdoms. The Gears have breathed new life into North America's forgotten heritage with a sweeping saga that will forever change your appreciation of our country.   

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The second week of October was always special for Mary Wet Bear. In her little frame house outside Tishumingo City, in Oklahoma, she began making pottery in midsummer. She did it in the old way, digging her own clay, washing it, and screening it through fabric. She formed the bowls with paddle and anvil. Then she incised the outside with a pointed piece of turkey bone, or a bit of copper wire.
She fired them in her yard, using hardwood to create the bed of coals, and poplar to finish the process.

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"A timely saga of environmental catastrophe. . . . Drawing on their backgrounds in archaeology, the Gears vividly recreate Paleolithic America in this enchanting and instructive novel."--Publishers Weekly on People of the Nightland

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Tagcaver  rated it  
Jan 10, 2012
Living in Alabama, I found this book and the sequel very interesting. I once went on a "dig" on the banks of one of the smaller rivers in central Alabama. I found numerous pieces of pottery, shells, bits of bone, and chips of stone. (All were cataloged and returned to the midden, per reque ...more
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Theresa  rated it  
Jul 23, 2011
Wow a powerful story with intrigue and terror and horror, about the beginning of the reasons why the Iroquois confederacy began and the role of evil in why people begin to ban together to fight it, it is their divisions that make it hard for the individual to remain safe and secure. Very Graphic a ...more
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Nancy  rated it  
Sep 23, 2010
LOVED IT. ...more
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W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Kathleen O'Neal 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 Achievement Award for ""outstanding management"" of our nation's cultural heritage.  W. Michael Gear holds a master's degree in archaeology and has worked as a professional archaeologist since 1978. He is principal investigator for Wind River Archaeological Consultants.  Together they have written the North America’s Forgotten Past series (People of the Longhouse, The Dawn Country, People of the Mist, People of the Wolf, among others); and the Anasazi Mysteries series. The Gears live in Thermopolis, WY.

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People of the Weeping Eye
North America's Forgotten Past (Volume 15)
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Mass Market Paperbound

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
December 2008
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780765352934
ISBN10: 0765352931
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 608 pages
$7.99
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April 2008
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ISBN: 9780765314383
ISBN10: 076531438X
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