Chasing Thunderbirds

by Roger Emile Stouff, Gary Drinkwater (Illustrator)

When we stop chasing thunderbirds, what else is there?A young Indian boy waits for his grandfather’s death, and the spirit that will claim him. A dragon teaches a devastated woman how to find rare, elusive magic. A mute stranger visits an orphaned boy and his grandmother. A mysterious dark man commissions a builder to construct a schooner. And a bamboo fly rod is all that stands between life and what lies beyond it.In these unique tales ordinary people move through extraordinary circles. Circles of life. Circles of death. At the very least circles of change, and the chasing of thunderbirds.

Genres: Fiction

249 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2007

About the author

Roger Emile Stouff is the son of Nicholas Leonard Stouff Jr., last chief of the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, and Lydia Marie Gaudet Stouff, daughter of a Cajun farmer. He has been a journalist for more than thirty years and writer of the award-winning column "From the Other Side" in the St. Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune. He was featured on the television show "Fly Fishing America" in 2006, and was writer and narrator of the documentary "Native Waters: A Chitimacha Recollection" on Louisiana Public Broadcasting in 2010. Based on his two memoirs, "Native Waters" and "The Great Sadness," the show is now showing on public broadcasting stations nationwide, was nominated for an Emmy and was recipient of a Bronze Telly Award.

He writes extensively about his Native American ancestry in autobiography, fiction and short stories, including the connection the Chitimacha, "people of the many waters" hold to the ancestral waters of the Atchafalaya Basin.

With co-author Kenneth Brown he has also authored science-fiction and epic fantasy novels, including the first two books of the series "The Allidian Saga."

Reviews

[Loretta Swafford · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS HOUSE UNDONE..Do you think a house can die?
This really made me think of the house I lived in when I was young..my dad was always trying to repair the old place.He was preventing it to live on as long as he lived....when he died I kept it going for years not wanting to let it go.But one day decided it was time to let the old place go..miss my old home yes they do died.And new one took it's place.I wonder if someone will try and keep this one alive after I go on?

[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved the Thunderbird stories best. These tales are made from legends.