Bones Beneath Our Feet

by Michael Schein

Overview

In the beautiful land of Puget Sound, there are bones beneath our feet …

BONES BENEATH OUR FEET is the heartbreaking historical epic story of the conquest of the Natives of Puget Sound by the “Boston” tribe. Focused on the period from 1844-1858, BONES BENEATH OUR FEET explodes with political intrigue, stormy intermarriage, tenderness and betrayal, misunderstanding and fear, sudden massacres, greed and sacrifice, trials of law and of spirit, warfare and martial law – all the richness and sorrow of life. This tragic tale resonates powerfully even today: though the gravestone of Chief Leschi, leader of the Native cause, reads: “LESCHI – Judicially Murdered Feb. 19, 1858,” in 2004 Leschi’s name was cleared by a special Historical Court of Inquiry headed by the Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court. This is not just a native story. It is the story of all Americans who live on this beautiful land – a story for all who are passionate about tolerance, dignity and liberty.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012774507
Publisher:	Bennett & Hastings Pub., LLC
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	372
File size:	800 KB

About the Author

Michael Schein is a Seattle writer, poet, playwright, teacher and lawyer. His first novel, Just Deceits: A Historical Legal Mystery (Bennett & Hastings 2008), tells the gripping tale of a 1793 infanticide trial defended by John Marshall and Patrick Henry. His co-authored play based on Just Deceits is currently heading towards production. His poetry is widely published, and has been nominated for the
Pushcart Prize twice. He is founder and director of the LiTFUSE Poets’ Workshop,
held annually in Tieton, Washington, and has taught poetry and fiction at writers
conferences. Michael runs Rubric LLC, a company that provides seminars for attorneys on legal history, legal ethics and current events. Previously, Michael
taught American Legal History at Seattle University Law School, and served on the
speakers’ bureau of the ACLU of Washington. Michael is married and has two daughters.

Editorial Reviews

“Michael Schein’s novel, Bones Beneath Our Feet, does for the Pacific Northwest what Nathaniel Philbrick did for the East Coast in Mayflower. The history of First People and Boston tribes in the Puget Sound is meticulously researched and brought to life with sensitive depictions and dialog that reads itself from the page . . . ."

Gather.com - Sheila Deeth

[A] moving story of the unnecessary war between the Nisqually Indians led by their chief, Leschi, and the whites led by governor Isaac Stevens. . . . If you live in the Puget Sound area this is a must read. . . . The characters and scenery are so well written that I just wanted to go back to the forests, the rivers and see the hills as they were then and as Schein wrote them. Real people make up this story and we can easily relate to them.”

Goodreads - Ann Hite

"... Schein excels at returning the Historical . . . to the human."

Driftless Area Review - Karl Wolff

“Bones Beneath Our Feet… brings a part of Auburn’s past to life for readers in an engaging way. The historical, lyrical work of fiction explores how the ‘Boston’ tribe of newly arrived American settlers conquered the Puget Sound in the mid-19th century… Schein tells his tale with passion and feeling.”

Auburn Reporter - Mark Klaas