This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
PEOPLE OF THE OWL
Copyright © 2003 by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
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eISBN 9781429992268
First eBook Edition : February 2011
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gear, Kathleen O’Neal.
People of the owl : a novel of prehistoric North America / Kathleen O’Neal
Gear and W. Michael Gear.—1st ed. p. cm.—(The first North Americans series)
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
ISBN 0-312-87741-2 (acid-free paper)
1. Indians of North America—Fiction. 2. Poverty Point culture—Fiction. 3. Prehistoric peoples—Fiction. 4. North America—Fiction. 5. Shamans—Fiction. I. Gear, W. Michael. II. Title.
PS3557.E18P485 2003
813’.54—dc21
2003040019
First Edition: June 2003