by Kathleen O'Neal GearEdition: Mass Market Paperback
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Excellent Material!, April 6, 2007
The rest of the books are good but tend to repeat certain themes (battered wives deserting clans to protect babies, strange shamans, and young shamans going through rites of passage), but they are still good reads. Some of the theories in the book are a little dated (it's now a matter of debate whether the first americans came across on the berring straight or not, and the earliest fossils are of a race more related to Australians and Ainu than modern Native Americans), but it still provides many insights into the lands and peoples of our prehistoric past. J. Lyon Layden [[ASIN:1601451229 The Other Side of Yore]]" name=review> This first book was probably the best of the series and I really enjoyed it. Though some find the style difficult and the number of names hard to remember, I found it much more accessible than "Clan of the Cave Bear" because it doesn't forget the reader's need for action, intrigue, and adventure as much. The author is much less melodramatic and sentimental than the writing in "Clan," and though "People of the Wolf" does share some interesting facts about pre-historic culture it doesn't bog itself down with them like Aule is prone to do. Also, the allusions to the twin brothers of myth and use of symbolism make the work more literary. The rest of the books are good but tend to repeat certain themes (battered wives deserting clans to protect babies, strange shamans, and young shamans going through rites of passage), but they are still good reads. Some of the theories in the book are a little dated (it's now a matter of debate whether the first americans came across on the berring straight or not, and the earliest fossils are of a race more related to Australians and Ainu than modern Native Americans), but it still provides many insights into the lands and peoples of our prehistoric past. J. Lyon Layden The Other Side of Yore
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