Indian warrior Young Hunter, who earlier saved the Abenaki people from giant cannibals, is warned in a dream to sharpen his spear because a mammoth is on the march, seeking revenge for the destruction of his family. By the author of Dawn Land. In Long River, Joseph Bruchac secures his reputation as one of America's finest Native American storytellers. Set in a time and place before memory, Long River is the exciting sequel to Bruchac's acclaimed first novel, Dawn Land.

Servants of the map --- The forest --- Theories of rain --- Two rivers --- The mysteries of Ubiquitin --- The cure.; Ranging across two centuries, and from the western Himalaya to an Adirondack village, these wonderfully imagined stories and novellas travel the territories of yearning and awakening, of loss and unexpected discovery. A mapper of the highest mountain peaks realizes his true obsession. A young woman afire with scientific curiosity must come to terms with a romantic fantasy. Brothers and sisters, torn apart at an early age, are beset by dreams of reunion.

Time: 1755 - 1763

A boy and his uncle trek from Vermont across the Adirondacks in search of a better life and find one with the Brower family who take in Willie and Uncle Eb as their own for the rest of their lives.