RAVEN

About the Book

Ben Collins was an aspiring race horse jockey. He was of small stature, and the young horses did not notice his weight that much. His family owned a large Arabian horse farm in Cheohee Valley, In Tamassee S.C. Ben met Raven Hawkins, a half Cherokee girl from Cherokee, North Carolina, the Indian reservation. Her dad was the Indian agent and her mother was full blooded Cherokee. Raven was visiting her great grandmother, Miss Essie, for the summer. She anticipated a dull summer there, until she met Ben on his Arabian Stallion. Ben asked her to go trail riding the next week, and this started the most exciting summer she had ever encountered. Horse racing, catching crooks, and the love of her life, all made for an exciting summer.

About the Author

From: Wyatt Owens [mailto:wyatteowens@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:47 PM To: Emily Laurel Subject: Re: XLIBRIS: Book ID 118977 Wyatt Owens is the author of the book series of "Raven", located in the beautiful area of South Carolina in the foot hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Cheohee Valley is situated within Tamassee, South Carolina, where Tamassee Town was located, home of the Cherokee Indians, until General Andrew Pickens fought the famous Ring Fight and moved the Cherokee out to a reservation in North Carolina. This area has always intrigued Wyatt and has inspired the story of a half Cherokee Indian girl named Raven. After a lifetime of working in the Textile industry and floor covering business, Wyatt has retired to a life of writing and spending time with his four children and ten grands, along with his wife Barbara of fifty three years.