ISBN: 0-88739-302-0
312 pp.
Size: 6 x 9
Pub Date: 2/2001
Paperback Original
Price: $15.95
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Across The Sweet Grass Hills
A Historical Novel
Gail Jenner
Winner of 2002 Willa Literary Award for Original Paperback
Frontier minister's daughter Liza Ralston and Red Eagle, a Pikuni Blackfeet Indian, are star-crossed lovers whose drama is played out during the period of greatest conflict between native peoples and white settlers. Liza lives with the Blackfeet through incredible hardships, including an Army attack-the Marias Massacre-in which soldiers killed 170 Indians, mostly women and children. She joins the sad exodus of the tribe, while Red Eagle searches as one possessed to find Liza and experience a love forbidden by both their cultures.
Just then, Mad Horse came thrashing through the snow, his own knife raised. Skunk Cap stumbled after him, fighting to keep his balance. Seeing blood running down Skunk Cap's face, Liza screamed...Trembling uncontrollably, the boy collapsed in the snow only a few feet from the terrified women.
Review: "...brimming with history, packed with emotions, and told with imagination..."
-Priscilla A. Maine, author of Angels Unaware
"Gail Jenner has taken great pains to portray two cultures accurately...I recommend her book."
-Mary Lou Rich, author of Courting Kate
Bio: GAIL L. JENNER, a teacher and wife of a fourth generation cattle rancher, has published numerous articles and short stories.
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