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Title: The Children of First Man by JAMES ALEXANDER Thom ISBN: 0-449-14970-6 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding! One of the best books ever!
Comment: At age 52, I rank this as one of the three most entertaining books I've ever read, along with Goethe's Faust & John Grisham's The Firm. For two years, I had been researching Madoc and the Mandan to write a book on the subject; after reading Thom's book, I yield to a superior author who has thoroughly researched many sources and brought many mysteries together to reveal a likely history of actual events which occurred in Wales, the Southeast U. S., and along the Ohio River, culminating in the current location of the Mandan Nation in the center of our continent. As I continued reading, my jealousy quickly became admiration. I read this book five times in its first two months, and I continue to enjoy it today. I cannot comprehend any reaction other than excited enjoyment to this great book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting concept...
Comment: I have never heard of the Madoc legend before reading this book and now am eager to find out more about the legend. (I read this book because I enjoyed Follow the River so much.)
The three star rating is because of the large shifts in time between chapters which makes it difficult to follow the ancestral lineage of some of the characters. I wish more had been told of Man On a Horse and his bride Snow Hair. How is chief Four Bears related to them? ect....
I think a series of books may have done the story more justice.
The begining and the end are incredible. Don't be discouraged half way through the book. Stay with it until the end. You will not be disappointed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful research and writing
Comment: I've always thought if the first chapter of a book didn't grab my attention, then it wasn't worth my time. This book was assigned for reading by the moderator of my library book review group. At first I was really disappointed because the last book had been a real bummer. I read the first chapter and thought I had another bummer. But I was determined to finish the whole book come [any obstacle]. So I made myself start reading again. Well, was I ever in for a surprise.
The Prologue begins in 1838 with George Catlin, the artist, who had been allowed to paint the People of the Mandan tribe, to include the greatest Indian Chief of all, Four Bears. Then Chapter One begins in the summer of 1169, when a Welsh yellow-haired prince named Madoc, and his brother, have sailed toward the new land. From this point on until the end of Chapter Eight, the author writes about Madoc's trials and tribulations with the natives after arriving in this new land.
Chapters Nine through Seventeen pretty much tells how the "marked drawings" of Madoc, later desribed as the "Magic Bundle" are handed down through the generations for safe-keeping.
From Chapter Eighteen on, this author had my complete attention. I could NOT put the book down because my ancestors are Cherokee.
Although there were times I felt the author was drawing the book out over too long of a time frame, it wasn't until I finished reading the book that I realized how well written and researched this book had been.
The last few chapters had me in tears. Although written as a work of fiction, in my heart I could very well imagine this story to be as true as any nonfiction book I've ever read.
I have nothing but the highest respect and admiration for this author, James Alexander Thom. May the Great Spirit be with him, guiding his thoughts and his hand as he embarks on his next novel. I'll be waiting to read it.
My opinion of this book? It's one of the best written books I've had the pleasure to read.
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Title: The Red Heart by JAMES ALEXANDER THOM ISBN: 0345364716 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Long Knife by JAMES ALEXANDER Thom ISBN: 0345380746 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sign-Talker : The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition by JAMES ALEXANDER THOM ISBN: 0345435192 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Panther in the Sky by JAMES ALEXANDER THOM ISBN: 0345366387 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: From Sea to Shining Sea by JAMES ALEXANDER Thom ISBN: 0345334515 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 November, 1986 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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