Wisest of their nation is Old Mamut, their eldest shaman and the leader of the entire Mamutoi priesthood, who becomes Ayla's mentor and colleague in the visionary and esoteric fields of thought. The protagonists make their home with the Lion Camp of the Mammoth Hunters, which features a number of respected Mamutoi. As the group's name suggests, their hosts rely on mammoth not only for food but also for building materials and a number of other commodities - and indeed for spiritual sustenance. This book picks up where The Valley of Horses ends Ayla and Jondalar meet a group known as the Mamutoi, or Mammoth Hunters, with whom they live for a period of time. It is the sequel to The Valley of Horses and third in the Earth's Children series. (Oct.The Mammoth Hunters is an historical fiction novel by Jean M. A novel 1.25 million first printing major ad/promo first serial to Ladies' Home Journal BOMC main selection author tour. Nonetheless, this volume is as welcome as letters from a long-lost friend. Such locutions as ``out of the cooking skin into the coals'' or ``Mother's path of milk'' for the Milky Way are coyly anachronistic. A brief encounter with the Neanderthal Clan rekindles the unique charm of the first (and strongest) book. Their enlightened compilation of skills, inventions, therapies and recipes transforms the voyagers into spirit-like personas providing The Others with constant awe. En route, they encounter a variety of problems, yet manage to find panaceas for each. (Would that our ``memory'' were as instinctual as that of the Clan.) The saga continues the cross-continental journey of Ayla, her mate Jondalar and their menagerie to his homeland. The continuous recitation of flora and fauna, coupled with flashbacks to events in the previous books, becomes somewhat tiresome, however.
Auel again describes her characters' travails, a passionate interest of millions of readers, in impeccably researched detail.
The long-awaited fourth installment of the Earth's Children series is as warm and inviting as its campfire milieu.
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