Chief Lightning bolt, the first novel from historian Daniel N. Paul, takes place in Mi’kmaq territory before European contact, before the destruction wrought by colonization. It is the story of the life of a great man, Lightning Bolt, who becomes a leader to his people and embodies the Mi’kmaq values of humility, courage, honour, service and sacrifice of personal gain for the sake of others. A warrior and peacemaker, his people followed him to the point of devotion. He suffers great loss, yet his understanding of his role in a great society, a great natural world and an inestimable metaphysical world guides him through his pain.
With Chief Lightning Bolt, Paul shows us the beautiful, peaceful, complex Mi’kmak’i civilization that existed before the arrival of Europeans, a civilization that was lost and is only now beginning to recover.
Chief Lightning bolt, the first novel from historian Daniel N. Paul, takes place in Mi’kmaq territory before European contact, before the destruction wrought by colonization. It is the story of the life of a great man, Lightning Bolt, who becomes a leader to his people and embodies the Mi’kmaq values of humility, courage, honour, service and sacrifice of personal gain for the sake of others. A warrior and peacemaker, his people followed him to the point of devotion. He suffers great loss, yet his understanding of his role in a great society, a great natural world and an inestimable metaphysical world guides him through his pain.
With Chief Lightning Bolt, Paul shows us the beautiful, peaceful, complex Mi’kmak’i civilization that existed before the arrival of Europeans, a civilization that was lost and is only now beginning to recover.
