Books by Michael Blake

A young, insubordinate soldier stationed in the Southwest in 1966 struggles with the compound issues of first love and the discipline of institutional living. Read by Michael Blake. Book available.

Here is the essence of the story, suitable for young children, with beautiful color photographs from the movie. The vivid pictures and simple story depict John Dunbar on the frontier, his play with the wolf "Two Socks", and his growing friendship with the Indian villagers as he comes to understand himself and others in this dramatic time and place in history. A Scholastic Book Club selection.

Lieutenant John Dunbar arrived at Fort Sedgewick anxious to be a good U.S. soldier. Instead, he found himself charmed by the Comanche people and, before he knew it, became one of them, loving an Indian woman and going by a new name, Dances with Wolves.

In this sequel to DANCES WITH WOLVES, John Dunbar, now a member of the Comanche tribe, joins a band of warriors to fight the white men who have encroached on his territory and kidnapped his wife and children.

"A TERRIFIC YARN . . . Marching to Valhalla is written as though it were a long-lost diary of Custers, leading up to his fatal battle. It is a very personal view."--Denver Post In his New York Times bestselling novel Dances with Wolves, Michael Blake created an unforgettable saga of white and Native American cultures. Now in Marching to Valhalla, Blake unfolds the story of the final months of General George Armstrong Custer, a story that illuminates the epic sweep of his entire life--his career, his passions, his legacy to the American west.Here is Custer as weve never seen him before--reckless soldier, bold lover of women, ardent husband, devoted commander, expert Indian killer. A stirring tribute to an American hero and an intimate portrait of a brilliant, flawed man, Michael Blakes Marching to Valhalla is an absolutely stunning novel. "A startling novel about the year's most popular literary subject."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A remarkable range of ancient societies and economies flourished in the environmentally diverse coastal regions of Pacific Latin America. The essays report on archaeological research in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, and Peru -- an area extending from the Marismas region of coastal Mexico to Chile's north coast.

A selection of writings submitted by teenagers between the ages of fourteen and eighteen express the thoughts and experiences of young people learning to understand the complex subject of love.