Description

Win Blevins [Published Date: 1998]. Soft cover, 499 pp. No other printings listed. In good+ condition. Illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Light creasing to spine but binding is nice and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From back cover] Packed with drama, humor, the lore of American Indians and Tibetan Buddhists, plus unforgettable characters, this book is a dazzling tour de force and a deeply moving story. An unlikely trio comprised of the Shoshone Indian Asie, a Tibetan nun, and Sir Richard Burton—the famous soldier and explorer—flees from the Utah Territory to California in 1862. The Destroying Angel of the Mormon Church, Porter Rockwell, pursues them relentlessly. The journey is packed with colorful characters, including a fledgling journalist named Mark Twain. In the end Asie discovers why he was named the Rock Child, what it means to be a man of color in America, what spiritual path will nurture him, who his people are, and the strength of love