Thunderwoman: a Mythic Novel of the Pueblos by Wood, Nancy C - 1999

New York, New York, U. S. A.: Dutton Childrens Books. New in New dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Writing with a truth and urgency that penetrate the soul, Nancy Wood has imagined a brilliantly compelling allegory within which to tell four hundred years of Southwestern history. Driven by unforgettable characters - human, animal, and mystical - Thunderwoman is the saga of one extraordinary female spirit's quest to save her people and a metaphor for the fate of all original peoples on this continent we now call North America. Unfolding simulateously on the planes of myth, legend, and history; filled with pathos, nobility, and even the ridiculous, this haunting epic is a mirror of human nature. It also serves as as elegy to the strength of all North America's native peoples in the face of cultural genocide. With the simple grace and passion of the masters of magical realism, the author has created an arrestingly beautiful narrative of New Mexico's past. 286 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .