Sparrow HawkFirst published to critical acclaim by Alfred Knopf in 1950, this evocative prose account of the lives of two young adults, on Indian and one white, has been reillustrated and made available in a paperback format. Set against the turbulent background of the 1830's Black Hawk War along the Iowa-Illinois border frontier, we witness the friendship of Sparrow Hawk and Huck as they share the joy of discovery and the tragedy of swift mindless change. "Meridel Le Sueur has accomplished a major writing miracle..."--from the forward by Vine Deloria, Jr. Meridel Le Sueur (1900-1996) was a storyteller, poet, and activist who lived in Hudson, Wisconsin. Also available by Meridel Le Sueur "Little Brother of the Wilderness"PB $7.95, 0-930100-71-9 - CUSA "Nancy Hanks of Wilderness Road" PB $7.95, 0-930100-73-5 - CUSA "The River Road" PB $7.95, 0-930100-77-8 - CUSA "Chanticleer of Wilderness Road" PB $10.95, 0-930100-87-5 - CUSA |
Contents
SONG OF a Young Warrior | 3 |
Flint Youth | 27 |
SONG OF the Red and White Corn | 43 |
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arrow began Black Hawk stood bluecoats boat braves buffalo buffalo bull Buffalo Dream cache camp canoes cave chiefs Colonel Davy corn hills corn youth cried Crosse game dance dark dead deerskin drums ears earth elms enemies eyes fight fire firewater guns Hawk and Huck Hawk rose horse Huck and Sparrow Huck's father hunt Indian Ioway island Keokuk kernels kill La Crosse laughed leave live lodge look Manitou Meridel Le Sueur militia mother moved never night peace pony Prophetstown rafts river Rock Rock Rapids Rock River rode runners sang Saukenuk shore shouted Shut-One-Eye silently singing smoke soldiers song Sparrow Hawk saw square Struts-by-Night sweet corn tell thicket told traders trail Treads-the-Earth tree turned Vandruff boys village VINE DELORIA wait warriors watched white friend white man's winter women and children yelled yellow yore young