Morning River: A Novel of the Great Missouri Wilderness in
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gear, W. Michael, PUBLISHER: Forge, During ong>theong> winter of , Richard Hamilton--a timid Harvard philosophy student--arrives in St. Louis on business for his faong>theong>r. Robbed and beaten, desperate to save his life, he reluctantly joins ong>theong> crew of ong>theong> "Maria," a fur trader's keelboat. Bound for ong>theong> ong>beautifulong>, wild, and dangerous Indian country of ong>theong> Upper Yellowstone River, ong>theong> native Bostonian begins ong>theong> education and adventure of a lifetime. On a converging path is Packrat, a Pawnee warrior who captures a ong>beautifulong> young Shoshone medicine woman named Heals Like a Willow. But slaves with ties to ong>theong> spirit world can--and do--fight back. As ong>theong> "Maria" struggles deeper into ong>theong> wilderness, Richard and Willow are cast togeong>theong>r: seekers of knowledge and spirit, unwitting adversaries separated by time, space, and birthright. As inevitable as ong>theong> collision of ong>theong>ir two worlds, ong>theong>ir love begins to unfold--and with it ong>theong> terrible consequences of a forbidden consummation.