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1) Runestone
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
In 11th Century North America, a Norse ship is attacked by Indians in the St. Lawrence River. The captain and the steersman escape to find refuge in a village of friendly Indians. The novel follows the Norsemen's adaptation to Indian life and the heart-wrenching parting when the time comes to go home.
Author
Series
Spanish bit saga volume 11
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
The eleventh book in the Spanish Bit Saga in which French Sergeant Cartier joins an expedition down the Mississippi, but deserts below the mouth of the Missouri to travel overland in search of the People and his wife's family.
Author
Series
Spanish bit saga volume 5
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Description
When he is separated from his tribe in a hunt, losing his horse and breaking his leg, Eagle, a young warrior of The People, is rescued by an old man living alone in the woods, who Eagle begins to suspect is the incarnation of a supernatural figure from his tribe's legends.
Author
Series
Great Plains saga volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized saga about the settling of Kansas, covering over 300 years from the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors to the blazing of the Santa Fe Trail, and bringing to life characters from the many different heritages that vied for control of the North American prairie.
Author
Series
Spanish bit saga volume 23
Pub. Date
1995
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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
An old Indian woman rescues a child with smallpox in one of the epidemics which decimated the Indians in the 18th Century. The child is the only survivor of another tribe and Running Deer's people warn her not to touch the girl. But Running Deer has no reason for living. Since her husband died she has been planning suicide. The child recovers and Running Deer finds a new reason to live--until the girl decides she wants to be reunited with her own...
12) The traveler
Author
Series
Spanish Bit Saga superedition volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
As the Storyteller journeys through the lands of the People, accompanied by his adopted daughter, Pale Star, he witnesses the dramatic changes that the white settlers have brought to the lives and fates of the Indians.
Author
Series
Spanish Bit Saga superedition volume 3
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
From birth he'd been called Speajs-not. Deaf and mute he lives in a world of silence apart from his people, who later rename him Hunts-Alone for his unsual but successful approach to securing sustenance from the wild game that roams the land. Stronger than his handicap, he finds love, establishes his own lodge, and begins a family of his own-all of which is shattered forever the day the forest people attack his encampment.
Author
Series
Rivers West volume 2
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
A semi-historical novel set in 1844, the time of the Westward expansion. Central in the story is the Booth family. Gabe Booth, a mountain man and scout, joins up with John Charles Fremont. This is a tale of the push to open the West to settlers and the struggle against the Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, and Arapahoe Indians who fight desperately to save their ancient civilization.