Billy Blackfeet in the Rockies: A Story from History

by Marc Simmons

Book Overview

Billy Blackfeet in the Rockies is the story of a boy of mixed ancestry who, during a hunting trip to the Montana mountains, discovers something about himself and about his Indian heritage. Hugh Monroe (Rising Wolf) and his Blackfeet wife, Fox Woman, are the grandparents of Billy Jackson. From them the boy learns the hard lessons of life in the wilderness. In early 1864, Billy's entire family leaves Fort Benton, Montana, to camp and hunt in the high...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826341055
• ISBN13: 9780826341051
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3