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    Root and Branch: Slip-Slidin’ Down Gold Mountain

    By Edward Orem

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    Northern California, 1850’s - Anglos, Chinese, and Native Americans are in boiling conflict. A native warrior-shaman (female) teams up with a Chinese martial hero (male) to save their peoples from ethnic extermination. ROOT AND BRANCH weaves a story of cultural myopia, class warfare, gender models and manipulation, examining the differing mind-sets and behavior during the Gold Rush, and the impacts that continue to this day.  

    YANA, woman warrior-shaman from Mt. Shasta , is faced with enemies who want to exterminate her tribe. TAI-YING, famous “Red Stick” martial hero of Kwangtung , finds “Gold Mountain” to be a dark labyrinth of illegal trade between the Triads, the U.S. government, and even his own spiritual mentor. LIVINGSTON LOWE, from Back Bay Boston old money, is determined to earn his spurs as a canny predator in the wild arena of unbridled American
    commerce, at any price—even murder. And ISHI, the young son of YANA and TAI-YING, comes of age at a time when ranchers and miners hunt his head for bounty.

    As Warrior-Shaman, YANA undergoes rigorous integral training that burdens her with choosing between a spiritual response to extinction or immediate retaliation to save her people. Her epiphany occurs in dialogue with her Gods during a medicine lodge ceremony.

    TAI-YING arrives in SF Chinatown from Kwangtung as problem-solver for newly-arrived Chinese laborers, landing smack in middle of a turf war between Tongs, Irish toughs, and Anglo businessmen. He is also challenged internally: American culture threatens deeply-woven threads attaching him to strong family and cultural traditions. He is impelled to join forces with Yana 's tribal coalition to fight the dominant oppressive culture so their son and their people will have better options than beheading, hanging or slavery.

    LIVINGSTON LOWE leaves a soft, well-appointed nest back-East to get from under the domination of stifling parents and a pre-ordained existence. Reality is a demanding instructor for him: he finds he must do what’s necessary to survive and, more importantly, to succeed in business—including murder and sex-slaving.

    ISHI is sent away to the remote White Lotus Monastery in the Trinity Mountains to save his skin and the blue jade key
    guarding an 800 year-old family treasure. There Ishi matures and unfolds into manhood under the tutelage of ABBOT CHAN, MARTIAL MASTERS PAN, and BIG-EARED TU. Ishi’s inner journey is conflicted by news of the violence suffered by both parents fighting for their right to exist. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEdward Orem
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781524292577
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    Root and Branch: Slip-Slidin’ Down Gold Mountain
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    Edward Orem

    Edward Orem’s mind-body studies began in 1964 and have included such diverse disciplines as Burmese kick-boxing, Shaolin Boxing, Hatha yoga, Kuang Ping T’ai-chi Ch’uan, Hsing-I Ch’uan, Kundalini Yoga, Pa Kua Chang, Chuan Fa, Tao Gah Chi Kung. His qualifications include B.A. in English, 8th Degree Black Belt (Zen Kempo-jitsu), 10th Degree Black Sash (Ch'uan Fa Kenpo), Certifications include Instructor of Tai-chi Chuan and Wu Shu Kung Fu. He was appointed to the Board of Directors, International Chinese Boxing Association, 2006-2011. He has studied at American University, Georgetown University, California State University (Arcata), Nyingma Institute of Tibetan Studies, Chi-Kung Institute, and with 10 martial arts masters. Mr. Orem has taught privately in Wash., DC, Senegal, Guatemala, British Columbia, San Francisco, and Costa Rica, as well as through health and education service organizations. He has written, produced and performed in 30 training videos in the fields of natural health and fitness, martial arts, and has written several training manuals, as well as feature articles for a popular on-line martial arts magazine. He was a regular consultant in stress reduction and instructor in exercise therapies with the Pitt River Indian Health Service, in northern California and has been Guest Lecturer at a community hospital, as well as Instructor at Central Oregon Community College. Workshops in various disciplines have been given in California, Oregon, and Florida. Mr. Orem offers private consultation in longevity arts, and teaches T’ai-chi Ch’uan, N. Long Fist, and Chi Kung through CenterPoint Integral Mind-Body Training, Costa Rica. Contact Mr. Orem through his website http://mindbodyimperative.strikingly.com  Special attention and training: Golden Phoenix Rising (for mature athletes). Check it out.

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