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cbabe

(4,085 posts)
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 01:49 PM Feb 2023

Thomas Perry: Jane Whitfield series

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1193&pid=20465

Fiction forum

Revisiting Thomas Perry: Jane Whitfield series
From goodreads:

Jane Whitefield is a Native American guide who leads people out of the wilderness--not the tree-filled variety but the kind created by enemies who want you dead. She is in the one-woman business of helping the desperate disappear. Thanks to her membership in the Wolf Clan of the Seneca tribe, she can fool any pursuer, cover any trail, and then provide her clients with new identities, complete with authentic paperwork. Jane knows all the tricks, ancient and modern; in fact, she has invented several of them herself.



Entertaining thriller/mysteries.


One caveat: Perry, a white man, uses a lot of Native American religion and history to describe Jane’s thoughts and actions.

Would be interesting hearing from Senecas about this cultural appropriation. Is it correct? Sensitively written? Any objections?

(Suggested I post here for thoughts, comments, discussion. Perhaps cross post in fiction post? Thanks!)

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Thomas Perry: Jane Whitfield series (Original Post) cbabe Feb 2023 OP
Following hermetic Feb 2023 #1
What does 'following' mean? cbabe Feb 2023 #2
Reminds me hermetic Feb 2023 #4
Ah. Thanks. cbabe Feb 2023 #5
Really liked the first one especially Easterncedar Feb 2023 #3

hermetic

(8,593 posts)
4. Reminds me
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 03:04 PM
Feb 2023

to check this out daily and see if anyone replies. I am quite interested in this topic.

Easterncedar

(3,331 posts)
3. Really liked the first one especially
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 03:03 PM
Feb 2023

Takes place in my old stomping grounds. I’ve wondered about the cultural aspects too, but great thrillers, real page-turners.

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