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The Sacred Hills, by Don Coldsmith, a Bantam Books paperback, copyright 1998. Courtesy Protect The Flint Hills website.
For whatever reason, perhaps because we feel closer to the divine or perhaps from a hill we can see farther and with greater clarity, human beings of all cultures seem spiritually drawn to high places. “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help,” sang the psalmist: for Looks Far that statement was literally true. It was from a hilltop that the bison stampede both destroyed his enemies and provided winter food for his tribe. More important, it was the Sacred Hills that brought together, for the first time, two warring tribes; love for land proved stronger than human animosities. The Flint Hills were indeed a holy place for the People.
The Spanish Bit Saga Book eight
By Don Coldsmith
Bantam Books, 1988
Introduction by James Hoy
The Sacred Hills is my favorite of the novels in Don Coldsmith’s Spanish Bit Saga. This book, as with the other titles in this collection of historical fiction, appeals because of its clean plot line, its plausibility of character, and its accuracy of situation. The particular attraction of this book for me, however is its setting, the Flint Hills of Kansas, an area of quiet beauty and special attribute rarely portrayed in literature.
One of Coldsmith’s strengths as a writer is his ability to universalize. Readers have... [continue via Web link]
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