Mehtanawack (Paperback)

Dr Tim Lewis

ISBN 10: 1450585213 / ISBN 13: 9781450585217

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

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Paperback. Terrorist bombs blast the new casinos at La Guardia. USAF jets roar low over a devastated Queens. Riots and tear gas fill the ravaged streets of Park Slope. Warships blockade the East River. National guardsmen and marines assemble in Manhattan and Rhode Island, preparing to invade, as the President and the Governor of New York warn of another Cuba - all because, thirty years earlier, in a dramatic decision, the Supreme Court found in favor of the Native Americans of Long Island. To right the wrongs of centuries, it turned the whole island into a reservation called "Mehtanawack." Into this battle to the death between two violently opposing social systems step eco-journalist John Kellis and photographer Jessica Begay. We know they have been sent to the island to conduct an undercover operation, but for which side? And are they even on the same side? This is the story of two people falling in love within the clash of two very different ideologies and social systems. It is a life-and-death struggle between two diametrically opposed political and economic creeds. It is a battle to the death that will shape the future of America, so the stakes are enormous. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mehtanawack (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1450585213
• ISBN 13: 9781450585217
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Terrorist bombs blast the new casinos at La Guardia. USAF jets roar low over a devastated Queens. Riots and tear gas fill the ravaged streets of Park Slope. Warships blockade the East River. National guardsmen and marines assemble in Manhattan and Rhode Island, preparing to invade, as the President and the Governor of New York warn of another Cuba - all because, thirty years earlier, in a dramatic decision, the Supreme Court found in favor of the Native Americans of Long Island. To right the wrongs of centuries, it turned the whole island into a reservation called "Mehtanawack." Into this battle to the death between two violently opposing social systems step eco-journalist John Kellis and photographer Jessica Begay. We know they have been sent to the island to conduct an undercover operation, but for which side? And are they even on the same side? This is the story of two people falling in love within the clash of two very different ideologies and social systems. It is a life-and-death struggle between two diametrically opposed political and economic creeds. It is a battle to the death that will shape the future of America, so the stakes are enormous.

About the Author

Tim Lewis is an extremely experienced and accomplished author of 10 books, including history, poetry, philosophy and fiction. He has won prizes and been awarded a number of fellowships and grants for his work, which has reached an international audience. He was born in southern Africa and raised in England, but is now a resident of Charlottesville, Virginia. He has read his work to audiences across America and Europe and his works of history have won him international acclaim. This is his fifth novel. As part of his research, he spent considerable time in Long Island, where he worked with local Shinnecock and Matinnecock Indians, the Park Service and Deaf community. He has visited India three times, as well as China, Africa and the Pacific, studied with Hindu and Buddhist masters and Native American Indians across the States, including a whole summer with the Navajo, and has extensively researched New Society philosophies and principles, as well as the realities of intentional communities.