Monthly Archives: March 2014
Children’s book, EYEWITNESS: THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN, THE BATTLEFIELD AND CHILDREN’S EXPERIENCES
- Sunday, 23 March 2014 08:14
Hi All,
We’ve been finishing up our children’s novel, EYEWITNESS: THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN, 1876, for ages 7-10. It’s been great. We haven’t looked at Doug Scott’s book, ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE LITTLE BIGHORN, for a few years, and it’s been a delight to be back in that world. When Doug headed up the excavation at the battlefield in Montana, the archaeology amplified and helped to explain the historical record–which is archaeology at its best. As we head for the 140th anniversary of the Little Bighorn battle, it’s good to remind ourselves why it happened and the results of the battle. The Little Bighorn forever changed America and the lives of the native peoples.
We hope you and your children enjoy it! And most of all, we hope it helps you learn something about the impact of what is perhaps America’s best-known Native American/White battle.
COPPER FALCON, ancient Cahokia, PEOPLE OF THE MORNING STAR
- Friday, 21 March 2014 07:13
What a beautiful morning here. Cold and still with stars so bright they hurt. The tang of junipers on the air stirs the blood. It’s only six days to the release of our first novella, COPPER FALCON, which is a prequel to the May release of PEOPLE OF THE MORNING STAR. Hope you enjoy it.
We’re off to pick fresh watercress from the creek for a lunch salad.
Amazon, author page, blog, gear-gear.com
- Friday, 14 March 2014 07:14
Hi All,
Well, it’s been an interesting week. We’re working to update our authors pages on Amazon, and it’s proved to be a challenge! We’ll have the blog on the page today, but how in the heck do we get videos posted?! We’re smarting than this. Er…right?
Gorgeous morning here, cool and crisp darkness, with the first robins calling.
Mike and Kathy
Bison and Books
- Saturday, 08 March 2014 07:00
Hi All,
When the autopsy of the 9,000 year-old bison recently discovered in Russia is finished, we should know a great deal more about North American bison. We hope the scientists particularly look for “Bos Taurus” or “beef” genes in this bison. It is inevitable that bison and aurochs (the ancestor of modern beef) were freely cross-breeding in Russia at this time, and that some of the genes being classified as beef genes in bison today, actually date to the beginning of the Holocene. The parasite study will also be interesting.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2572020/Autopsy-9-000-year-old-bison-reveal-parasites-plaguing-ancient-animals.html
Also, don’t forget to register for the Book Giveaway of PEOPLE OF THE WOLF at Goodreads. Only two days left to register:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/860979.People_of_the_Wolf?from_search=true
Hope you win!
Mike and Kathy