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Nez’ life shapes itself into two personas, Nez Pierce, the politician, and Percy Kahn, the entertainer. Both Egos feed upon being recognized, appreciated, and loved, especially by those of the opposite sex.
Follow Nez Pierce and Percy Kahn on their adventures, successes, and failures. Feel their ambitions, laugh at their encounters, dream their dreams, as they reach for the stars.
Born in the Mountains of Western Montana as a Native American, musical talents began singing chants with his father, followed by singing in garage bands of San Francisco.
In College he embraces the Sixties youth culture, singing in a local bar next to the University of California in Berkeley.
From his early years, his family reaches out to integrate into the modern American culture. His Chinese “tiger-mom” with the assistance of his father, accelerates the family’s education with diverse experiences from the home to overseas, from the libraries to the museums, and from outdoor adventures to a diversity of education. In addition to English the family retained their ancestry through the languages of Chinese, Vietnamese, and Ojibwe.
This book is entertaining, light hearted reading with an array of intertwined Romance Novellas for the Baby Boomer generation and others, reminiscing the frivolity of the Sixties and Seventies.

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Publié par	AuthorHouse
Date de parution	18 janvier 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781728377308
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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NEZ PIERCE AND HIS ALTER EGO PERCY KAHN
RETURN TO THE MOUNTAIN

CARL QUINN

AuthorHouse™
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Phone: 833-262-8899

© 2023 Carl Quinn. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 01/17/2023

ISBN: 978-1-7283-7729-2 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6655-7465-5 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-7283-7730-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023900634

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CONTENTS
Character Reference Guide

PART I Nez - the Early Years
PART II Incarnation of Percy Kahn
PART III Regenerating Alter Egos
PART IV Stepping onto the World Stage
PART V Reaching Out - Global Relationships
PART VI A White House

Epilogue
CHARACTER REFERENCE GUIDE
Nez (Percy)
M ain ongoing Characters are in Bold. They are listed chronological by location when first appearing.
Reappearing secondary Characters are in Regular Print.
Lesser recurring characters are not listed.
Nez’ FAMILY: Pierce and Zhang
Minnie Pierce (Mom) aka Zhang Min (Maiden Name): Born in the Yunnan Province of China. She Immigrated to San Francisco at age 17, became a librarian, where she met Native American husband Noka.
Noka Pierce (Father) from the ‘Little Shell Tribe’ of Chippewa Indians. Curator of the San Francisco Museum of History and Anthropology. He enjoyed camping in the mountains, being with nature, and living in spirituality.
Siblings: Elan Brother in Health Care Administration, and Abey , Sister Accounting data bases and Computer Technology. Later married Dr. Anton Adams.
Maternal Grandmother Zhang Ngo Ven: born and raised in Go Dau Ho, Vietnam.
Cousins: Zhang Wei and Zhang Chae in China, Childhood friends. As adults they become active in the Republic of China’s Government.
SAN FRANCISCO and U.C. BERKELEY
Sally Jeffreys: Kip’s girlfriend, UC Berkeley, Notre Dame Law-Youth advocacy
Jeri Koams: Artist, faculty UC Berkeley, Famous, sculptured “Intrepid.”
Melinda Ventura: Sorority President, PK Foundation, Friends with Glenda.
Kip Kahn: childhood friend, roommate at UC Berkeley, lost before graduation.
VIETNAM
Tuyen (Angel moon) Saved Nez’ life, Singer/performer, Vietnamese activist.
Chief Bao: Viet Popular Force, Tuyen’s Father, brothers Chein, Tinh
PARIS
Brigitte: Singer, song co-writer w/Percy Kahn, married Philippe Gallois
Francoise Rodin: Paris love interest, Librarian, campaign organizer, Mayor
Captain Gallois: Head of family and Gallois Law firms in Europe
Marie Gallois: daughter, PK Foundation Europe, Married Alain
LONDON
Holly, Jolly, Mary, and Cary: the “Four Queens” (Kids: Chris and Eve)
MONACO
Christina (Tina) Bassett : unrequited “Love of Nez’ life” Born Lithuania, worked in
Geneva, Red Cross/Red Crescent, U.N. Administration Geneva
AMERICA, Las Vegas / New York
Kelly Green: Director Caesar’s Shows in Las Vegas
Robin Sparrow : Kelly’s friend, mentors Tuyen, Congressional Rep., son Adam
Frances Little Creek: Native American Bureau Administrator, Director
Maggie Gutenberg: Editor and Publisher of N.Y. Times Magazine
BOSTON, Harvard / Foundation
Marion Dewey: M.I.T. Computer Tech, founder Dewey Enterprises
Diane Wroble : Entertainment Lawyer, Princess Margaret Foundation (L.A.)
Lili Padd: Singer/actor, apartment neighbor on Harvard’s Porter Square
WASHINGTON D.C., Government
Alisha Kumar: Deputy Sec of State, Chief of Staff, Middle East authority
Jon Real: best friend, Harvard Law classmate, Sec. of State, Attorney General
Ken Flesher: US President and mentor, 1977-1985
SOVIET UNION
General Brandt : Soviet Union Foreign Affairs, Secretary General
Isabelle Brandt: Fashion Ltd., living in Paris. Married Igor Federov, Importer
Nadia Brandt: wild daughter, matured to Soviet Secretary of Trade
PART I
NEZ - THE EARLY YEARS
In the Kitchen
F rom the kitchen he heard his mom yell, “Eat your eggs, there are people starving in the world.”
Nez responded with disingenuous sass, “Well wrap it up and send it to them.”
He always got a smirk from his mother; he felt validated as a five-year old. Somehow, with time, that exchange would take root.
Growing Up
Mom shouted, “Get your backpacks. It’s time for school.”
Today was his first day at school. Mom stood him in the doorway and snapped a, first day in a Kindergarten photo. His two older siblings teased him, setting to rhyme “A kinder, a candor, a kid with lots of dander!” They laughed. He gave them the finger. He didn’t know what it meant, imagining something like, “Up your nose with a rubber hose.”
Off, went the three sibs and Mom walking the five blocks to the small tribal school down the road. Mom often volunteered a half-day in school helping with paperwork, lunch, and occasional substitute teaching. She didn’t have a teaching license but she voraciously read, having worked as a librarian in San Francisco.
She met her sweetheart, Noka, the bear, at the library quickly becoming the love of her life. They soon became husband and wife. They spent a blissful nine months in San Francisco, but when they were expecting their first child they moved to the Father’s Native American homeland in the outskirts of Great Falls, in Western Montana.
Their Father would take the family up into the foothills at least once a week to see the wildlife, listen to the sounds, and see the vistas. Father had worked in the Museum in San Francisco and knew a lot about a lot of things. He pointed out all sorts of interesting things about nature and usually told a story about what they were seeing. These were often Tribal folk tales, but sometimes they were told from things he learned at the museum, and sometimes he just made them up to tell stories.
Both parents agreed that they would expose their children to the traditional ways of their native people but to focus on teaching them to succeed in the mainstream of the modern, changing world of today.
They decided they would teach the little children, the ways of their tribe, the Little Shell Tribe of the Chippewa Nation. As they prepared for public school, they would focus on merging them into American Culture that would define their education and place in life.
For this reason, their plan was to move back to San Francisco after a few years.
* * *
China Town, San Francisco
China Town was where they settled, it being affordable, and culturally connected to Minnie Mom, as the kids started calling her. That nickname didn’t last long, Mama had put her foot down!
Nez was five at the time his family moved to San Francisco. His father had been offered a job as curator at the San Francisco Museum of Natural History and Culture. His specialty, of course, was Native American Cultures.
His mother worked at home schooling, guiding, and tutoring her children. The family sessions would often be given together, spanning from his age of five to the oldest of eight.
Mother had worked in the San Francisco Public Library. This time, with kids, she got a part time job the local community Library. Mom loved books and knew how to find the right subjects in which all three kids would be interested.
Nez was a quick learner and voracious reader. With a little prior preparation, he was able to keep up with his siblings and often interacted with subject discussions. Of course, he was still home schooled in the “Three R’s”, reading, writing and arithmetic.
Father was a five-day-a-week employee with every Sunday and Monday off. After work he would hop a Trolly and be home by six o’clock every night. He loved telling of his adventures at supper. He home taught the history and values of his Native American people when he had time.
He continued expressing his observations of nature, spirituality, and a regard for the Earth. Often on Sunday or after school on Monday they would all board the Trolly and take a family trip into ‘his’ Museum to spend the day exploring and talking about a certain section of exhibits. And boy, did he know the stories here!
They would routinely have lunch in the Museum Commissary and talk about all their favorite, and really cool things they saw.
* * *
As the children grew, Mom spent her time raising their three kids, tutoring them, and loving them. She excelled as a tutor. Her knowledge and ability to access information was extraordinary. Before they were old enough for school and, less so, while in school, she spent time with each teaching a short lesson followed by making short, age appropriate, independent assignments. Often, they would get together and discuss a shared subject that she selected. She required courtesy, dialogue, and social interaction, as important as the subject matter. Mom was so organized that she would create charts with a column for each child, and a time-line for each lesson. Although proactive, she was very caref