Soaring Eagle

Julio, a thirteen-year-old boy in 1845, finds friendship and a clue to his identity while living with the Cheyenne tribe that rescued him on the Santa Fe Trail.

Mary Peace Finley grew up along the Arkansas River near the site of Bent's Fort and the old Santa Fe Trail. She attended public schools in Fowler, Colorado, and is a graduate of the University of Denver. She has taught English as a foreign language in Latin America and the United States and teaches fiction writing classes and workshops. Her award-winning historical novels, Soaring Eagle, White Grizzly, and Meadow Lark, make up the Santa Fe Trail Trilogy. Other publications include Little Fox's SecretùThe Mystery of Bent's Fort, The Matchbox, Tiger Tales, Fireflies, and Fernitickles; magazine articles, and television scripts for Marty Stouffer's Wild America. She lives in Colorado.