B Shawn Clark

Broschiertes Buch

Maxkii-Wiixcheew

The Story of Red Wolfe

Beschreibung

LOG-LINE: Maxkii-Wiixcheew discovers the meaning of his spirit name ("Red Wolfe" in English) as he and his new Huguenot friends Abraham and Isaac learn to communicate, using the ancient (and today nearly extinct) Lunaape language, while they and their faithful companions, two red wolves and an ox named Step, also learn how to live through the murderous rampage of Captain Kregier and his men during the Esopus uprising of 1663 in New Amsterdam (today known as New York). SYNOPSIS: Maxkii-Wiixchew is a work of speculative historical fiction, based on a real-life incident that took place in the Hudson River Valley in 1663 during what has been euphemistically called the second Esopus "war." The story is told from the point of view of young boys who hail from radically different worlds:the title character who, with his two companion wolves that serve as his name sake, befriends Abraham, a young French Huguenot, and Abraham's younger brother, Issac, both of whom come to live among the Esopus people. The Huguenots begin to integrate into the Esopus community, learning their ways and even to speak their language. But their new friendship is tested when Captain Kregier and his contingent of Dutch soldiers are sent into the land of the Esopus to "rescue" the Huguenots and teach the indigenous people a lesson they will never forget, and from which they will never recover. Driven from their ancestral lands, a wounded Maxkii-Wiixchew (known in English as Red Wolfe) and the surviving members of his village retreat into the wilderness, along with a small group of Huguenot children who escape recapture by Kregier and his men, including Jan, a girl with whom the young Esopus boy has become enamored. Returning to their own world, Abraham and Issac readjust to life among the Huguenot settlers, left to ponder the fate of the friends they had made while living among the Esopus.

Autor

Starting at an early age B Shawn Clark indulged an abiding passion for creativity.As a young man Clark began by writing short stories, poetry and prose. He continued with creative writing in his spare time from his day job (as a lawyer) during the course of which, ironically enough, he became a prolific writer, just not the kind he longed to be. He wrote numerous legal briefs, the substance of which found their way into several published opinions of the courts. In 2013 he took up residence inside a secluded "Man Cave" along Gottfried Creek in the sleepy seaside town of Englewood, Florida, where he is surrounded by nature and wildlife (not counting those rowdy kids next door). There he was intent upon reprising the role of Thoreau, creating a new genre of literary work by a life-long author trapped in the body of a lawyer, beginning with 20/20, which he actually began writing in 2006, well before Englewood (and the nearby barrier islands) were ravaged by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Many of his fellow Englewoodians found 20/20 eerily prescient.This paperback version of the original 2019 edition of 20/20 has been published in 2023. A table of contents and a few other things were added. Clark has a number of works in progress, at least three of which being slated for release in 2023. Find out more at www.BShawnClark.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: FIRST RUN BOOKS
• Seitenzahl: 74
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 106g
• ISBN-13: 9781734308396
• ISBN-10: 1734308397
• Artikelnr.: 75609895