Panther in the Sky by James Alexander Thom

It is a detailed story of the almost mythical life of Tecumseh] and that of the Shawnee of his time.' - Kansas City Star 'A spellbinding novel about the life of Tecumseh. Totally admirable.' - The Cincinnati Enquirer 'A brillinant job.

Panther in the Sky is bloody, brave and honorable.' - The Washington Post Book World 'Through Thom's masterful storytelling and his passion for Shawnee lore, customs and especially mysticism, you continually have the feeling that maybe, these simple, proud individuals can win back their land and have life go on as 'Our Grandmother, ' that great spiritual force, intended.' - Chicago Tribune 'A work of such sweep and compassion that it blurs the demarcation between novel and history. Thom's rendering of the Shawnee world is authoritative. Thom is able to get into the thoughts and emotions of his characters.' -Dee Brown, Los Angeles Times 'The story of a bruised and threatened culture. The dialogue has the ring of reality about it. Praise for Panther in the Sky ' James Alexander] Thom shows how, in honest, capable hands, fictionalized biography can add verisimilitude to the life and times of this extraordinary America. Hard Striker saw the unsoma, the birth sign, and named his son Tecumseh, meaning Panther in the Sky.

'Oh, what a man this will be, with such a sign as that ' In 1768, when Turtle Mother gave birth to a strong baby boy in the heart of the Shawnee nation, a green-yellow shooting star streaked across the heavens.

Rich, colorful and bursting with excitement, this remarkable story turns James Alexander Thom's power and passion for American history to the epic story of Tecumseh's life and give us a heart-thumping novel of one man's magnificent destiny-to unite his people in the struggle to save their land and their way of life from the relentless press of the white settlers.

Panther in the Sky by James Alexander Thom