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Excelsior Editions/SUNY Press
Albany, NY
2009
www.sunypress.edu
519 pp; $23.95
trade paperback
ISBN: 1438429342
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THE FIREKEEPER
New in paper
The Firekeeper
brings alive the world in which America was born,
when the clash of empires produced the first world-wide war and
Albany, New York, was the Casablanca of the age. Filled with great
men—George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, the Mohawk
warchief,
Hendrick Tehayanoken—and the battles that opened the way for
the American Revolution, The Firekeeper follows the exploits
of Sir William Johnson, an Irish adventurer with a rage for life,
who created a tribal kingdom on the New York frontier.
"Some rare novels defy
labels. The Firekeeper is such a book. An intricately detailed
historical novel....a mystical journey a breathtaking adventure tale, and a passionate
exploration of the human heart. This is a book to savor when you truly want to lose
yourself in another world."
--Morgan Llywelyn, author of Lion of Ireland
"To read The
Firekeeper is to be transported to another time and place, and leave it measurably
enlightened.
--James A. Michener
"Exciting...memorable,
almost mythical characters...This fascinating historical novel offers just the right mix:
an involving story which imparts a deeper understanding, that many of the important
principles upon which this nation was founded were based on Native American as well as
European visions."
--Jean M. Auel, author of The Clan of the Cave Bear
"The Firekeeper
is an engrossing, captivating book. Its accounts of Native American shamans and
their encounters with Europeans ring true...The result is an intriguing story that is
richly textured, and a coterie of characters that never fails to fascinate the
reader."
--Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., co-author of Personal Mythology and Dreamworking
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