Prairie Wind

About the Book

PRAIRIE WIND is based on a true story from the journal of Captain Ezekiel Williams who trapped in the great plains in the early 1800s. Prairie Wind, daughter of a Lakota Sioux Chief,falls in love with a Pawnee warrior captured by her brother. Cougar is the son of a Pawnee chief, but he is also a slave and by Indian custom, the daughter of a chief can never marry a slave. Prairie Wind cannot stop loving Cougar even though it angers her father and mother and infuriates her Lakota suitor. Prairie Wind and Cougar must battle against customs many generations old for a love that cannot be denied, and there seems to be no way to win. HOLLYHOCK HOMESTEAD is the story of the Nelson family. They need shelter badly. It is 1928 and their Model T runs out of gasoline in the middle of the South Dakota prairie with a wild storm rolling in from the west. The car rolls down a hill and stops beside an abandoned homestead shack. In the weeks that follow, they are stranded on a small farm. Jenny and Jamie find many surprises and fight to stay on the little farm they love. THE RESCUE OF CASSIE HOWARD: Cassie Howard, daughter of General Howard, commander of Fort Bennett in Dakota Territory,is captured by Indians and taken to a Sioux village west of the fort. Jed Stewart, army scout, sets out to find her,leading a packhorse laden with trade goods.He finds Cassie at the village of White Wolf, a Sioux Chief, but the chief has no intentions of giving up his prisoner. GHOST PLANE IN THE MIST: When a huge jet lands in her cow pasture, scaring her horse out from under her, Terri Jean Severson is thrust into danger and intrigue with no one to help her. Something sinister is going on along they Cheyenne River and Terri Jean is caught in a nightmare with no way out. She has to figure out what or who is hiding along the Cheyenne. When she does, she finds herself in more danger than she has ever known.

About the Author

Thelma Martin Anderson was born in 1920. She was raised on farms in western South Dakota during the great depression. She ranched in western South Dakota and was married to Curtis Anderson and had two daughters. They continued to ranch in South Dakota. She has published articles and stories in numerous magazines including juvenile stories in Highlights For Children, 'Teen Magazine, The Friend and other publications She has published three books including the popular young adult novel THE GOLDEN LAD.