Ab is a Stone Age boy who grows to young manhood amid the many dangers of his times. With his friend, Oak, he digs a pit and catches a baby rhinoceros, participates in a mammoth hunt with the tribe to prove himself a man, and courts the young women from a neighboring tribe. One girl in particular, Lightfoot, holds the attention of both men, and Ab is forced to kill his friend in a savage fight. He wins Lightfoot for his mate, but is haunted by guilt for his murdered companion. As Ab grows older, he helps the tribe kill a marauding sabre-tooth tiger, leads his people in a great battle against an invading tribe, and eventually becomes the leader of the cave men, and the patriarch of a large personal family. Ab is used by the author to support his contention that there was no sharp division between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, that man learned to make fine, polished tools and weapons gradually and naturally, as Ab does. During his life Ab invents and perfects the bow and arrow, and is the first of the primitives to domesticate wolves as pets.
story, tale, time, cave, novel, written, stanley, waterloo, 1897, authorstanley, waterloolanguageenglishpublication, date1897plot, summary, editab, stone, grows, young, manhood, amid, many, dangers, times, with, friend, digs, catches, baby, rhinoceros, partici. The Story of Ab or The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man is a novel written by Stanley Waterloo in 1897 The Story of AbAuthorStanley WaterlooLanguageEnglishPublication date1897Plot summary EditAb is a Stone Age boy who grows to young manhood amid the many dangers of his times With his friend Oak he digs a pit and catches a baby rhinoceros participates in a mammoth hunt with the tribe to prove himself a man and courts the young women from a neighboring tribe One girl in particular Lightfoot holds the attention of both men and Ab is forced to kill his friend in a savage fight He wins Lightfoot for his mate but is haunted by guilt for his murdered companion As Ab grows older he helps the tribe kill a marauding sabre tooth tiger leads his people in a great battle against an invading tribe and eventually becomes the leader of the cave men and the patriarch of a large personal family Ab is used by the author to support his contention that there was no sharp division between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods that man learned to make fine polished tools and weapons gradually and naturally as Ab does During his life Ab invents and perfects the bow and arrow and is the first of the primitives to domesticate wolves as pets External links EditThe Story of Ab at Project Gutenberg The Story of Ab title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database nbsp The Story of Ab public domain audiobook at LibriVox nbsp This article about an 1890s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Story of Ab amp oldid 1096124517, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
