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The Circus Ship Big Book by Chris Van Dusen
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith stunning artwork and a rhyming text, the illustrator of the Mercy Watson books tells a tale of human-animal connection full of humor and heart...Categorized as:
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![Emerita Boxing Day by Daniel Schinhofen]()
Emerita Boxing Day by Daniel Schinhofen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDoc left Deep Gulch behind him, setting out to Furden to continue spreading Luck’s name. The trip to the capital of Coalrud gave him yet another opportunity to use his knowledge to start new business ventures. While the hot springs would take time to prepare— Doc had a vision for it becoming a tourist destination— that was far from the last thing he’d get involved in during his stay... -
![The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson]()
The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJesse McGinnis has it all—the woman she loves—two beautiful children—a successful career... -
![Blood Adept by Glynn Stewart]()
Blood Adept by Glynn Stewart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the genre-blending master Glynn Stewart, author of Starship's Mage, comes the latest in his thrilling fantasy Western series, set in a new world with a magical twist…Hard rides and long nights as a cattle hand prepared Teer for the harsh life of a bounty hunter on the Unity’s eastern frontier... -
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![One Snowy Night Miniature by Nick Butterworth]()
One Snowy Night Miniature by Nick Butterworth
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPercy the park keeper always feeds the animals in the park where he lives. But one cold winter’s night Percy discovers that his little friends need more than food, and he must think of a way to help them find a warm place to sleep for the night. Percy’s hut is nice and warm, but he discovers that if you invite one animal in you’ll have to invite them all in...Categorized as:
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![The First Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone]()
The First Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnly one man can mete out justice on the unforgiving frontier. First in the Preacher series from the New York Times bestselling western author. He’s known from the Northwest to the deserts of the Southwest as Preacher, though he’s as far from being a man of the cloth as you can get...Categorized as:
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![The Ice Monster by David Walliams]()
The Ice Monster by David Walliams
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHailed as “the heir to Roald Dahl” by The Spectator, the UK’s #1 bestselling children’s author, David Walliams, will have fans of Jeff Kinney and Rachel Renee Russell in stitches! David Walliams burst on to the American scene with his New York Times bestseller Demon Dentist, and now he’s bringing his signature humor to this story of a ten-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth...Categorized as:
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![People of the Lakes by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
People of the Lakes by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsClan fighting over a powerful totemic mask has brought the Mound Builder people of the Great Lakes region to the edge of destruction. It is up to Star Shell, daughter of a Hopewell chief, to rid her people of this curse...Categorized as:
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![Highland Storm by Tanya Anne Crosby]()
Highland Storm by Tanya Anne Crosby
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEach Man to His destiny. As the last male heir of the dún Scoti clan, Keane’s future is known from the hour of his birth: Someday, he must take his brother's place as Guardian of the true Stone of Destiny.A Storm is Brewing. Alas, the fickle Highland winds must turn... -
![Rise of the Wolf by Steven A. McKay]()
Rise of the Wolf by Steven A. McKay
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSir Guy of Gisbourne is back! Bent on vengeance against Robin Hood and with a turncoat new lieutenant in tow, an unlikely new hero must stand up for herself..Categorized as:
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![The Vanishing by Christopher Holt]()
The Vanishing by Christopher Holt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen all the humans in his world disappear, Max, a yellow Labrador Retriever, begins the search for his family. He knows that if he can just find Madame Curie, a wise, old black Lab, she'll be able to help. Madame had a premonition of astonishing events to come -- she might know where Max's family is.But Max can't make the journey alone...Categorized as:
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![Secrets of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst]()
Secrets of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYears of research into the world of wolves combines with mythical tale-telling to present a fantastical adventure set in a world filled with lore. The rules of the Wide Valley wolves were clear: Never consort with humans; never kill a human unprovoked; never allow a mixed-blood wolf to live. But they were rules destined to be broken...Categorized as:
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![Dark Waters by Christopher Holt, Jeff Sampson]()
Dark Waters by Christopher Holt, Jeff Sampson
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHaving narrowly escaped a pack of vicious wolves, canine heroes Max, Rocky, and Gizmo are happy to find a moment of peace as they travel down the mighty river. Soon, the trio come across a lavish boat moored close to shore. They're wary of facing another community of dogs, but when they climb on board, they discover that things are different on this ship...Categorized as:
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![The Long Road by Christopher Holt, Jeff Sampson]()
The Long Road by Christopher Holt, Jeff Sampson
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA science experiment gone horribly awry has granted Max, Rocky, and Gizmo the unique ability to read and understand human words. Armed with this know-how, they continue to journey south, on the lookout for beacons planted by a trusted friend's owner -- beacons that promise to lead the trio to their people. When the companions reach the ocean's edge they find a free-spirited beachfront community...Categorized as:
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![Sun Born by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear]()
Sun Born by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thousand years ago, the mighty Cahokian civilization dominated the North American continent from its capital near modern St. Louis. From Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, settlers and priests carried word of the power of their gods. People who wouldn't bow to that power were conquered or slaughtered. At the heart of the empire stood a vast city, teeming with tens of thousands...Categorized as:
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![Tomorrow's Sphinx by Clare Bell]()
Tomorrow's Sphinx by Clare Bell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo unusual black cheetahs share a mental link, one cat coming from the past to reveal scenes from his life with the young pharaoh Tutankhamen, and one struggling to survive in a future world ravaged by ecological disaster...Categorized as:
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Playing the Jack by Mary Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the back of the book: In 1785, a runaway orphan is picked up by a group of travelling players led by the mysterious Jack. With Fat Annie, largest woman on earth, and a troupe of dwarf acrobats, Sprat soon learns the tricks of the trade. Later, snatched from the streets of London, a new arrival at a notorious brothel is taught some very different tricks...Categorized as:
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![Song of the Wolf by Rosanne Bittner]()
Song of the Wolf by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn to be a Holy Woman among the Cheyenne, Medicine Wolf’s life as a young child is saved by a pack of wolves that keeps her from freezing to death. From then on, wolves are her guiding spirit and her protector. As she grows into womanhood, Medicine Wolf is forced to live among whites for one year, in an effort to learn the way of the white man... -
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Reynard the Fox by Anne Louise Avery, William Caxton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReynard - a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders - is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanours... -
![RavenShadow: An Adventure of the Spirit by Win Blevins]()
RavenShadow: An Adventure of the Spirit by Win Blevins
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Win Blevins is a master yarn-spinner.” – Tony HillermanFrom Joseph Blue Crow’s mystical visions: “I lost track of time. Time, that big boss that runs the white world. Time, which pushes you hither and yon like dust in front of a broom...Categorized as:
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![The Wainscott Weasel by Tor Seidler]()
The Wainscott Weasel by Tor Seidler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile other young weasels dance under the pines, Bagley thinks about Bridget, the mesmerizing fish who lives in a pond down the brook from his den. Only a true hero can save Bridget from the gruesome death that awaits her'and this is exactly what Bagley, much to his own surprise, proves himself to be...Categorized as:
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![Bubba, the Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas Fale by Helen Ketteman]()
Bubba, the Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas Fale by Helen Ketteman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBubba is bossed around the family ranch by his wicked step-daddy and his nasty stepbrothers, Dwayne and Milton. Bubba never complains, though. He's a real cowboy - tough as leather (and cute as a cow's ear).When Miz Lurleen, the purtiest rancher in Texas, decides to throw a ball to find herself a real feller, Bubba has to stay at home...Categorized as:
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![Wolf Bride by T.S. Joyce]()
Wolf Bride by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWerewolves meet the Wild West in this captivating new shifter romance series from T. S. Joyce. Kristina Yeaton is running from her past as a working girl at a Chicago brothel. Determined to start fresh in the wilds of Colorado, she answers an advertisement in the paper for a wife... -
![The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell]()
The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEveryone knows the story of the three little pigs, but now you're going to meet the three little javelinas (pronounced ha-ve-LEE-nas)--loveable, wild, southwestern cousins of pigs. Living in homes built out of tumbleweeds and saguaro ribs (from the fallen giant cacti), the first two javelinas are soon running from the hungry coyote, who had hoped to eat them with red chile sauce... -
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![People of the Earth by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear]()
People of the Earth by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKidnapped from the Earth People as a child, White Ash learns the way of the Sun People as she grows into a beautiful woman. But the disturbing dreams that made her an outcast in her old tribe are becoming stronger and they foretell a frightening future of bitter cold, war and famine...Categorized as:
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![Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang]()
Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American WestDaiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak...Categorized as:
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![Fairest of Heart by Karen Witemeyer]()
Fairest of Heart by Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeauty has been nothing but a curse to Penelope Snow. When she becomes a personal maid for a famous actress whose troupe is leaving Chicago to tour the West, she hides her figure beneath shapeless dresses and keeps her head down. But she still manages to attract the wrong attention, leaving her prospects in tatters--and her jealous mistress plotting her demise...Categorized as:
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![Storm Boy by Paul Owen Lewis]()
Storm Boy by Paul Owen Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a violent seastorm, a Haida prince washes ashore in the supernatural realm of the strange and colossal killer whale people. There his spiritual journey begins. Powerful illustrations make stunning use of northwest coast Native American motifs to create a compelling atmosphere of mystery and displacement...Categorized as:
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![Freddy the Cowboy by Walter Rollin Brooks]()
Freddy the Cowboy by Walter Rollin Brooks
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdults, children, and reviewers have embraced the stouthearted Freddy the Pig since he and his Bean Farm chums first appeared in 1927, and the Overlook reissues of this classic series-with almost 150,000 hardcover copies sold-have brought these timeless adventures to an entirely new generation eager for a good time and a good laugh...Categorized as:
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![Wolf-Woman by Sherryl Jordan]()
Wolf-Woman by Sherryl Jordan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer earliest memories are of the wolves. And of the hunters who killed them and reclaimed her to human society--as a slave.Tanith has grown up as part of a savage, plundering clan, in a world ruled by brute strength, superstition, and animal cunning. Now, hated and shunned, Tanith flees human society for the more humane company of wolves...Categorized as:
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![The Stonor Eagles by William Horwood]()
The Stonor Eagles by William Horwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingspaperback, vg In stock shipped from our UK...Categorized as:
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![Time Beyond Beginning by William Sarabande]()
Time Beyond Beginning by William Sarabande
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDark forces are at work within the realms of earth and sky, and a savage new dance of life and death is about to begin....the internationally acclaimed saga of the First Americans continues in this long-awaited novel from bestseller William Sarabande...Categorized as:
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![Face of the Rising Sun by William Sarabande]()
Face of the Rising Sun by William Sarabande
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA warmer sun fills the sky as the great Ice Age is ending and a new and savage epoch descends upon the land. Warakan, son of war chiefs and spirit masters, wanders alone in the primeval forest, searching for the mysterious great white mammoth and the totemic power it can give him...Categorized as:
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![The Lawless by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone]()
The Lawless by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Greatest Western Writers Of The 21st CenturyThey survived the perilous thousand-mile journey to the far edges of the Texas frontier. Now the family that tamed the Wild West must fight to defend their home from a ruthless band hell-bent on stealing g it away. A Kerrigan Never Back DownKate Kerrigan has seen the blood-soaked face of war...Categorized as:
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![Star Rise by Kathryn Lasky]()
Star Rise by Kathryn Lasky
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor the filly Estrella, nothing is more precious than freedom. She was born at sea, chattel to men sailing to the New World in search of gold. But Estrella and her herd escaped the conquerors and embarked on a journey across thousands of miles -- braving harsh terrains and fierce predators -- to a land where they can finally run wild. But now, an unforeseen danger threatens to destroy the pack... -
![Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron by Kathleen Duey]()
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron by Kathleen Duey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFilled with drama, adventure, and uplifting themes from the film, this full-length novel tells the whole story of "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" for older readers... -
![Bad Day at Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg]()
Bad Day at Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRiverbend was a quiet little town, the kind of place where one day was just like all the rest and nothing ever happened. Occasionally the stagecoach rolled through, but it never stopped, because no one ever came to Riverbend and no one ever left. The day the stagecoach stood motionless in the center of town, Sheriff Ned Hardy knew something was terribly wrong...Categorized as:
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![Forbidden Land by William Sarabande]()
Forbidden Land by William Sarabande
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe spellbinding epic adventure of a time when mankind took its first steps and the icy wilds claimed the earth. Breathtaking, vivid, unforgettable--here is the third volume of the panoramic new series The First Americans which began with Beyond The Sea Of Ice and continued with Corridor Of Storms...Categorized as:
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![Walkers of the Wind by William Sarabande]()
Walkers of the Wind by William Sarabande
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA breathtaking epic of humanity's first courageous struggles . . . for survivalMesmerizing, dramatic, unsurpasses in scope and suthenticity, this is the fourth exciting volume of the magnificent new series THE FIRST AMERICANS, which began with Beyond the Sea of Ice and continued with Corridor of Storms and Forbidden Land... -
![Kazan by James Oliver Curwood]()
Kazan by James Oliver Curwood
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsClassic wilderness adventure story by the American novelist and conservationist. "Kazan lay mute and motionless, his gray nose between his forepaws, his eyes half closed. A rock could have appeared scarcely less lifeless than he; not a muscle twitched; not a hair moved; not an eyelid quivered... -
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People of the River by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA gripping new saga of pre-historic America that takes us to the Mississippi Valley and the tribe known as the Mound builders. It is a time of troubles. In Cahokia, the corn crop is failing again and a warchief--and the warrior woman he may never possess--are disgusted by their Chief's lust for tribute. Now even the gods have turned their faces, closing the underworld to the seers... -
![The Visitant by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
The Visitant by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAt the Dawn of the Age of the Katsinas...A woman runs away in search of a Spirit Helper and never returns...An ancient village is swept into a shattering crime beyond reason, beyond belief...An old man must learn to walk the dark labyrinth of a murderer's mind to find him before he can strike again..Categorized as:
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![The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble]()
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Plains Indian girl is lost in the mountains during a storm. A wild stallion becomes her friend and she decides to ride free with the herd even after she is found...Categorized as:
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![The Tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert]()
The Tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEveryone in Sawrey likes Ben Hornby. So when Beatrix finds the shepherd dead in the meadow and suspects foul play, she wonders who would have done such a thing. A trio of village cats has an idea: When Ben breathed his last, his sheep must have seen his killer before scattering. So they set out to find the far-flung flock...Categorized as:
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![The Tale of Hawthorn House by Susan Wittig Albert]()
The Tale of Hawthorn House by Susan Wittig Albert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brand-new mystery in the endearing Beatrix Potter series from a national bestselling author. During Sawrey's annual summer fête, Miss Beatrix Potter receives an unexpected visitor in the form of Baby Flora, left in a basket on her doorstep with a note, a sprig of hawthorn, and a scarab ring... -
![Horses of the Dawn #1: The Escape by Kathryn Lasky]()
Horses of the Dawn #1: The Escape by Kathryn Lasky
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRun Wild. Run Free.The horses are in danger. They were rounded up by the two-legs and forced onto a boat to cross the wide ocean. The journey went badly and the boat was deemed too heavy, so the two-legs forced the horses into the sea and sailed away, leaving the herd to die in the deep.By a miracle, the horses survived and made it to land. All but one -- the ghost horse, the leader of the pack... -
![Silverville by Victoria Álvarez]()
Silverville by Victoria Álvarez
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDicen que a la hora de vengarse el más débil puede ser el más feroz. Y en Silverville, Colorado, una venganza está a punto de fulminar todos sus sueños de plata.Cuando en 1872 Grace Mallory se instala en la antigua mansión de su familia política, los rumores no tardan en circular por el pueblo...Categorized as:
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![The Alchemist's Cat by Robin Jarvis]()
The Alchemist's Cat by Robin Jarvis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year is 1664 when young Will Godwin comes to London. In order to survive, he becomes an assistant to a wicked alchemist, Elias Theophratus Spittle. On an errand one freezing night, Will finds a mother cat and her three kittens, and brings the family back to his master's lab...Categorized as:
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![Strongheart: The Lost Journals of May Dodd and Molly McGill by Jim Fergus]()
Strongheart: The Lost Journals of May Dodd and Molly McGill by Jim Fergus
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStrongheart is the final installment to the One Thousand White Women trilogy, a novel about fierce women who are full of heart and the power to survive.In 1873, a Cheyenne chief offers President Grant the opportunity to exchange one thousand horses for one thousand white women, in order to marry them with his warriors and create a lasting peace...Categorized as:
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![The Sacred Stones by William Sarabande]()
The Sacred Stones by William Sarabande
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCourageous, passionate men and women battle for survival of their clans--in the shadow of the great mammoth who speaks with thunder....As the massive glaciers fade and the wide seas rise, the warm grasslands of the Americas bring prosperity to the gentle People of the Red World, followers of the Great Ghost Spirit, the White Mammoth...Categorized as:
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