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People of the Earth
- Narrated by: Mark Boyett
- Series: North America's Forgotten Past, Book 3
- Length: 23 hrs and 57 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Set 5,000 years ago and ranging through what is now Montana, Wyoming, northern Colorado, and Utah, People of the Earth follows the migration of the Uto-Aztecan people south out of Canada. It is the unforgettable tale of a woman torn between two peoples and two dreams, of the two men who love her and the third who must have her, and of the vision given to the peoples long ago by the spirit of the wolf.
New York Times and USA Today best-selling authors and award-winning archaeologists W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear bring the stories of these first North Americans to life in this and other volumes in the magnificent North America's Forgotten Past series.
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- Haymeadow
- 21-05-2020
I wish the entire series was available on audible.
Great book series, in-depth and rich characters and story lines. If you love Jean M. Auel’s Earth Children series, you’ll love ‘The Peoples’.
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- Michelle
- 06-10-2019
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We follow the adventures of Bad Belly and White Ash in this excellent story. I thought the narrator was really good in this one. I loved his narration for Bad Belly. You can feel and see in your mind Bad Belly's worry or excitement by the tone of the narrators voice. I am anxiously awaiting more of the People series to be made into audio versions.
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- Samma
- 23-08-2019
Captivating.
3rd book in the series and Mark Boyer the reader is very skilled with his performance of the Gears words that transform into a story you don’t want to stop.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-11-2019
Writing at it's best
I have read all of these books. I absolutely love them all! I was thrilled to see that have them in audio book now so I can listen to them while I am driving. Can't wait for more to come out on audio. This is literally why I purchased an account.... You will love them too, try them out!
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- Susie McC
- 09-07-2020
Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
Great book - really enjoyed the stories of these characters and tribes. Narration was great too!!
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-01-2020
I found this way too redundant.....
Performance was very good, but the story could have been told in a third the time. Very redundant to the point of boring.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-10-2019
Exceptional
I'm always enraptured with this series, but hearing it in audio brings it to a whole new level of awareness. I am captivated by the characters and the voice of the reader. Within the first sentences, I'm transported into history and the people become real to me. I am swept up into the malignant mental illness of Brave Man, the gentle love of Still Water, the heartbreak and new love Wind Runner finds, and even the devious scheming of Larkspur.
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- theresah
- 29-09-2019
hearing the book makes things stand out
People of the Earth (North America's Forgotten Past #3)
By: W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Narrated by: Mark Boyett
Length: 23 hrs and 57 mins
Mark Boyett has an amazing way of bringing the story to life, as you listen to his words, you hear the subtle things that you missed when reading the book. Heart mountain stands out much grander than in the book. The Hot Springs at Thermopolis become this hidden gem, and the sideways mountains before the Wind River Basin become magical. The characters motives and ideals stand out remarkably. You see the innate evil in Big Man, the connection to Raven Hunter becomes so real that you are linked back to the original story People of the Wolf, just by his nature evoked by the voice given by Mr. Boyett. Still Water is calmer, soothing, in his tones making the listener question why everyone in the story does not see him as the wonderful man he is. The awe of the one and the circle become more enhanced by the performance.
The story begins with a description of common practice in modern times of project managers wanting to hurry their projects as the consequence of history.
White ash is a dreamer, who is taken by power from her people to allow her to grow up with love and understanding. In an attempt to change the future he strives to change the path of man from harmony to discord. White ash must face her greatest fears, and learn to love in the impossible areas to learn to dream back the people to the spiral and continue the path of Wolf Dreamer, and Fire Dancer.
Bad Belly becomes her husband because is uncommon love and understanding is the only way that White ash will be able to balance the world of the One, and the illusion of the world of man.
Wind Runner a new leader of the people, leaves all his remaining family to be with the woman he loves, only to learn strength and thought and understanding in the arms of another woman.
Brave Man a corrupt man who finds the edge of power and dreams a way of controlling White ash and power to make his own vision of the world.
Sage Ghost a grieving man learns that loss can only strengthen you, and love can only fill you.
Character List:
People of the Earth
Dreamer: White Ash dreamer, as a young girl stolen from herpeople so that she will have the opportunity to dream. She is called the“Mother of the people”.
BadBelly/ Still Water: cousin and friend of white ash,learns to lover her although he does not think well of himself, has a bad armlost to a snake bite.
WindRunner: in the sun people clan her cousin because ofthe man who adopted Whiteash, love interest
BraveMan: a childhood friend changed by power because of ahead wound, is corrupted and false dreamer.
Singingstones: the old dreamer of the earth people, changedhis view of power after touching the wolf bundle.
Wolfdreamer/ fire dancer
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