{"product_id":"hawks-cry-paperback","title":"Hawk's Cry: The Story of a Cheyenne Hero - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLuann Atkin Koester\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHawk's Cry\u003c\/em\u003e is a historical fiction novel, interweaving two time periods, two stories, and two protagonists, each sent on a perilous quest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan thinks he is imagining the boy standing before him. When he reaches out to touch the young Cheyenne, laying the palm of his hand on the boy's chest, he feels the strong thump of a heartbeat. With this mystical encounter, twelve-year-old Ryan Tyler is sent on an impossible quest to return a rare artifact, part of a plains courting flute, to the wilderness of the Cheyenne boy's youth. Ryan experiences Cheyenne rituals and faces trials that make him question his quest into the rugged, untamed, and unforgiving Wyoming mountains. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA century and a half earlier, Little Hawk wants only two things, to live the life of Cheyenne and to become a Cheyenne warrior. But his world is turned upside down when his father decides to join a group of renegade warriors wreaking havoc across the plains. Not only is Little Hawk separated from his beloved grandfather, the man who helped him make his plain's courting flute, but he is forced to delay his vision quest and warrior ceremony. Traveling through the sacred Medicine Bow mountain range known for its powerful \u003cem\u003emedicine\u003c\/em\u003e, Little Hawk experiences a frightful vision. Now, he alone must come to terms with his dangerous future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften overlooked, the battle at Summit Springs, or White Butte Creek as referred to by the Cheyenne, was the last battle fought on the prairie of Colorado. Following this fight, the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Sioux tribes were relegated to reservations. They no longer roamed the Colorado plains during the summer to hunt buffalo in preparation for the cold, winter months. The life of the Plains Indian in Colorado changed forever. Though \u003cem\u003eHawk's Cry\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of fiction, Little Hawk was a real Cheyenne boy at the battle of Summit Springs and is credited with saving many women and children on July 11, 1869. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42125470957703,"sku":"9798987256305","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b766780fd323f714c5f523fc6ca108ba.webp?v=1732577872","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/hawks-cry-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}