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The year
is 1864. In the aftermath of the
Sioux Conflict of 1862, many families in
the Minnesota River Valley are now separated. In Hawk’s Quest: a Superior
pursuit, brothers Hawk and Jake Owen lead a search to find a missing
child and reunite her with her family.
Along the way, they become involved with state and federal authorities
investigating a series of murders. This turns the brothers and their
companions north toward the settlement of Grand Marais and the North Shore
of Lake Superior.
This
adventure, which winds its way from St. Cloud to Fort Ripley to Crow Wing to
Mille Lacs Lake to the small towns of Twin Lakes, Oneota, and early Duluth,
reunites old
friends—Hawk, Jake, Sunkist, Posey, Sophie,
and Lorraine—and
calls on a few new friends and foes: Abernathy Wayne, intellectual and
geologist; Reverend Diggs, town preacher; Neena, doctor of Eastern medicine;
and Kathleen, a fiery Irish tavern owner. Dealing with kidnappings,
disorienting swamps, separation, murder, and life-threatening ambushes, so,
too, do Hawk, Jake, and their gang of adventurers encounter the real life
characters of Henry Mayhew, entrepreneur, mineral prospector, and driving
force behind the development of Grand Marais; Clement Beaulieu, a man
instrumental in the building of the city of Crow Wing; and George Nettleton,
credited with the construction of the first building in Duluth.
Hawk’s Quest: a Superior pursuit
is the third and final
book in the Hawk series. Authors Arvid Lloyd Williams and Bonnie Shallbetter
hope that, along with enjoying the story and characters, readers gain an
appreciation for Minnesota’s unique history and beauty. Now, go explore!
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