“[Nordgren’s] storytelling is compelling and rich in images. A fascinating look at the melding of North American cultures.”
~Kirkus Reviews
“This is an excellent book. Carl did a masterful job in telling an Elder’s account of Anung’s journey.”
~Shirley Sorrell, Director of the Museum of Ojibwa Culture.
2014 Top Ten Middle Grade Fiction from Foreword Reviews
Anung’s Journey is Available Now on Amazon!
In the novella, Anung’s Journey, embark on a quest that transcends time and culture with Anung, an Ojibway orphan drummer boy who goes on a journey to find the greatest chief of all, and tell him of the great kindness his village has shown him. In his adventures, he crosses paths with the 13 tribes of the First Nations, faces the elements, and meets some unlikely friends along the way.
Follow Anung and his companion, Turtle, the interpreter of all languages, as he sings about his people and searches for the greatest chief of all in an epic story for all ages.
2014 Finalist INDIEFAB Book of the Year in two categories, Adult Multicultural and Juvenile Fiction
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Top 50 Historical Fiction Bestseller on Kobo
“This is a break-out novel and one of the best pieces of historical fiction I’ve read in a long time.”
-Amazon review
About Carl
photo by Jessica Arden
Carl Nordgren was born in Greenville, Mississippi where his great grandmother’s house was across the street from the boyhood home of author Walker Percy. Carl has worked as a fishing guide on the English River in Northwestern Ontario and on the White River in the Arkansas Ozarks, as a bartender, a foundry man, and an entrepreneur. He lived with his family in Ireland for a year where he researched the IRA, and he currently teaches courses in Creativity to undergraduate students at Duke University. His first book, Welcome to the Creative Populist Revolution, was written to help us all grow our creative capacity and develop our entrepreneurial instincts. He graduated from Knox College and lives in Durham, North Carolina with his wife Marie where they have raised three daughters.
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