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Savage Wank, Stolen Thunder--Cassie Edwards part 2
ETA 2: Cassie Edwards has THE BIGGEST BALLS ON THE PLANET. They hang all the way down to her knees.

SAVAGE OBSESSION
Page 549
“I, alone, the chief’s wife, did as you asked. Do you now truly believe the cornfields will be more fruitful?”
[…]
“You have blessed the cornfields. The passing of your footsteps drew a magic circle around the field of freshly planted maize. No insects or worms shall pass over that magic circle.”

HIAWATHA
Section XIII, fourth & sixth stanzas
To his wife, the Laughing Water:
‘You shall bless to-night the cornfields
[…]
Thus the fields shall be more fruitful,
And the passing of your footsteps
Draw a magic circle round them,
So that neither blight nor mildew,
Neither burrowing worm or insect,
Shall pass o’er the magic circle;

&&&&&&&&&&&&&

SAVAGE OBSESSION
Page 549-550
When night had fallen in their village and all was silent with the spirit of sleep a companion in all the St. Croix’ wigwams, Lorinda had crept from her tent, alone. Once outside, beneath the soft reflection of the April moon, she had laid her garments aside, knowing that Yellow Feather had assured her that no eye would see her.
[…]
she had begun her slow circle of the field, around its borders […]

HIAWATHA
Section XIII, fifth stanza
In the night, when all is silence,
In the night, when all is darkness,
When the Spirit of Sleep, Nepahwin,
Shuts the doors of all the wigwams,
So that not an ear can hear you,
So that not an eye can see you,
Rise up from your bed in silence,
Lay aside your garments wholly,
Walk around the fields you planted,
Round the borders of the cornfields,

There's more at the link. THIS SHIT IS B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

ETA: Cassie Edwards has BIG BRASS BALLS.

From my inbox:

SAVAGE OBSESSION
Page 284 (pg 434 in Large Type edition)
The odors of the forest, the dew and damp meadow, and the curling smoke from the wigwams were left behind as Lorinda […]

HIAWATHA by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
Lines 3-5 of the Introduction
With the odors of the forest,
With the dew and damp of meadows,
With the curling smoke of wigwams

From Nikki the Super Badass Researcher

I REPEAT: BIG BRASS HANGING BALLS.

Seriously.

A lot of stuff has happened since the first report. So much so that I didn't think a bunch of "ETAs" on the original would suffice.

From the comments, Our own

doyle Found more examples of plagiarism. She lifted directly from the encyclopedia!

And Signet decided to take this stuff seriously.

We want to make it known that Signet takes any and all allegations of plagiarism very seriously.

Which should have been their first response instead of, "Ms. Edwards did nothing wrong."

But even worse allegations have surfaced.

Cassie Edwards has stolen passages from the 1930 Pulitzer Winning Novel Laughing Boy..

Smartbitch Candy has Updated the Log of Shame for your referencing pleasure.

Mrs. Edwards responds on MySpace. There is no way to confirm she actually wrote it, and some people have expressed skepticism that somebody who writes professionally would have so many errors. Having said that....

Hi, Lisa,
I just got on My Space and I found your wonderful encouraging letter. Thank you for believing in me, for I have done nothing wrong. My publisher is standing behind me 100%, for they know my work better than anyone, and they know that all romance authors who use research for historicals have to use reference books to do this. My readers love this accurate material about the Indians. And if I couldn’t use this material my books would not be worth anything to my readers who depend on me.

The sad thing is that I am writing these books now in a way to honor our Native Americans, past, present and in the future. And I am honoring my great grandmother who was a full blood Cheyenne. She would be so proud of me if she could read what I am writing about the Indians who have been so maligned for so long. And do you know? I feel picked on now as our Native American Indians have always been picked on throughout history. I am trying to spread the word about them and what do I get? Spiteful women who have found a way to bring attention to themselves, by getting in the media in this horrible way.

Right now I am getting hit from all sides....CNN, The New York Times, AP, everyone who those women could think of to contact. And what is also sad is that a fellow author, has spoken up and condemned me.

Thanks again for your support. When I am feeling stronger I plan to write a bulletin on My Space, but right now I am totally drained of energy from what has been done to me. I hope that you will tell your friends, who are so much also mine, the wrong that has been done to me, and tell them that I will get through this. I will be found innocent and vendicated of any wrong.

For now, it’s all too raw and horrible, but I will be alright.
Love, Cassie

And the rampant plagiarism continues. From the comments on the aforementioned SBTB thread:

I already emailed this to Candy, but even the bloody introductory AUTHOR’S NOTE of _Savage Obsession_ is plagiarized.

_Obsession_ p. 5, via Google Books:

“The Chippewa, especially the Lake Superior bands, have been neglected by historians, perhaps because they fought no bloody wars of resistance against the westward-driving white pioneers who overwhelmed them in the nineteenth century.

“Yet, historically, the Chippewa were one of the most important Indian groups north of Mexico. Their expansive north woods contained valuable resources, forcing them to play important roles in regional enterprises. They have remained on their native lands, still a proud people, and continue to develop their interests in lumbering, fishing, farming, and mining.

“I found my study of the Chippewa a most rewarding and heartwarming experience. It was a pleasure to write about them!”

*coffsplutterheaddesk*

_The Chippewas of Lake Superior_ by Edmund Jefferson Danziger, University of Oklahoma Press, January 1990 (Amazon has the complete text of this book searchable online), Preface, page ix:

“The Chippewa tribe, especially the Lake Superior bands, has been neglected by historians, perhaps because they fought no bloody wars of resistance against the westward-driving white pioneers who overwhelmed them in the nineteenth century. But, historically, the Chippewa were one of the most important Indian groups north of Mexico. Their expansive north woods contained valuable resources, compelling them to play important roles in regional enterprises such as the French, British, and American fur trade. Neither exterminated nor removed to the semiarid Great Plains, the Lake Superior bands have remained on their native lands and for the past century have continued to develop their interests in lumbering, fishing, farming, mining, shipping, and tourism.”

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	nifflet 2008-01-14 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	My readers love this accurate material about the Indians. sporfle Your readers are all as dumb as you are and wouldn't know accurate Indian research if it sat on them A few days ago, I saw a Cassie Edwards book at Costco and laughed a lot harder than I should have. (Reply to this)(Thread)