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Frio Point
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Paleo Indian Atlatl Point
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The Winds of Change
...A Way of Life Gone Forever
by
Orland Ned Eddins
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America's western expansion, and its affects on the Indian cultures west of the Appalachian Mountains, began in the mid-seventeen hundreds. Winds of Change, a historical novel, deals with the early affects of American western expansion on the Indian Cultures of the Northwest (Ohio Country) and the Great Plains. Winds of Change central characters, Broken Knife's and Whispering Wind bring to life an exciting period in American history. Broken Knife's and Wind's interaction with the leading fur traders of St. Louis, the head of Indian Affairs, General William Clark, Partisan of the Sioux, and Tecumseh of the Shawnee creates an interesting storyline, while maintaining a high level of historical accuracy.
Western expansion, and eventually the cry of Manifest Destiny, ended the American Indian way of life. The free-roaming Plains Indians were gone forever. Winds of Change, like Mountains of Stone, is an exciting read, as well as, educational.
Winds of Change is footnoted for additional references and information. A Western Trivia chapter is divided into seven sections: Lewis and Clark, Astorians, Mountain Men, Canadian Fur Trade, Oregon Trail, Oregon Country, and the Mormon Trail.
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Roy C. Wolf - Illinois
Your Winds of Change lived up to
all my expectations. You are an accurate, informative and knowledgeable author!
Every high school history class should have both Mountains of Stone and Winds of
Change on a required reading list for American history classes. I speak as a
returned teacher/principal with 30 years experience in the Public Schools. Your
references, footnotes, and addendum materials express a dedicated, professional,
and expertise seldom exhibited in today's politically correct world. I am proud
to have your two books in my library - The Northwestern Illinois
Observer!
Frank Holmes - England
Many thanks for the copy of Winds of Change which I very much enjoyed. I found
the short paragraphs starting on page 257 particularly moving.
Cal McClellan - Colorado
I have enjoyed "The Wind.." equally as much as "The Mountains..." You have told
a story, fun to read, while imparting a great deal of authoritative information
about subjects that you obviously care about.
Jan McIntyre - Michigan
Thank you so much for the wonderful Books - Great Reading! Very
Interesting and so Informative.
Richard V. Roach - Minnesota
My gosh, your pictures are beautiful--absolutely fantastic! These are just as
good as those with your first book. They alone are worth the money.
Vikii Mims - Georgia
I can not express how happy I am Wind of
Change is ready. I had a hard time putting Mountains of Stone down. It was
WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so very much for writing these beautiful books. I
greatly appreciate all the hard work you put into them. I know that Winds of
Change will be just as exciting as Mountains of Stone and hope you continue to
tell the story. Please send me the CD so I may enjoy the lovely pictures of the
places I miss seeing.
O.
N. Eddins is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He was born and now resides in
Afton, Wyoming, which is near Jackson Hole and the Grand Tetons—a landmark for
Indians and Mountain Men. A good part of The Winds of Change was written in the
Salt River Mountain Range. On the Lander Trail Cutoff of the
Oregon Trail, the base camp overlooked the trail of Robert Stuart and the Eastbound
Astorians.
This summer a TV crew from
Germany
came to Wyoming and stayed in the camp
to interview Dr. Eddins on John Jacob Astor and the Astorians for German and
French public television. Dr. Eddins is a peer reviewer for the
Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal, and teaches history workshops for the Western
Wyoming College. He was an approved judge of the American Quarter Horse and the American
Paint Horse associations, as well as, a certified ski instructor in Park City,
Utah.
Tri-Rainbow - Salt River Mountain Range
A good deal of Winds of Change was written in the Salt River Range of the Wyoming Mountains. In front of my tents were the Lander Cutoff of the Oregon and California trail and the trail of Robert Stuart and the Eastbound Astorians. The Lander Cutoff is on the bottom edge of the picture. Robert Stuart's trail is up the canyon towards the end of the Rainbow....some of my readers will appreciate how difficult it was to write under such trying circumstances.
Mountains of Stone and Winds of Change make excellent birthday gifts.
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The Winds of Change picture CD contains pictures from Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Mesa Verde National Parks, Hovenweep, Monument Valley, Star Valley, Wyoming, and Fremont and Anasazi petroglyphs. The pictures make beautiful screensavers, or can be used as a slide show in Windows XP. When ordering Winds of Change request the CD and I will send it free with the book. To view a sample of pictures, click on CD...
Winds of Change CD
You are not required to pre-pay when ordering Winds of Change. A sad commentary on present-day values is that there is little trust in people anymore, but being old fashioned, I trust people. The overwhelming majority of people that ordered Mountains of Stone bear out my faith in people. After receiving the book, please pay the enclosed invoice.
The "Dead Beats" are people that bought
Mountains of Stone and have not paid for it.
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on snake for Mountains of Stone Dead Beats details:
Dead Beats Paul Retzlaff, Paula Vandel,
Agness Jack, Cyndy Geraghty – Dead Beats
Sidney McLaughlin, Mike
Thompson, Brigitte
Lucke, PhD,- Dead Beat Paul Topham, David A Miller, Cade Humphrey, Shane
Garcia – Dead Beats William Perugino, Michael Loretto, Allen Willyerd, Jon
Merritt – Dead Beats Timothy Dietz, Larry Opheim, Linda Bennington,
Virginia Perches– Dead Beats, Kris Giedosh, Brett D Pfingston, Gail Belt,
Shawn Seigler– Dead Beats Gerald Gallimore, Sandra Bowden, Nikki
Davenport, Don McCall, Gary Blauser, Randy Adam - Dead Beats, Feigue
Cieplinski, PhD, Jim Georgeson – Dead Beats.
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