num_pages: 26
description: A family separated by duty and distance waits for a loved one to return home in this picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots. At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a familyloving weaving cooking and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky as they wait for their daughter/sister/granddaughter/niece a pilot to return from war. With an author's note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred Millie Rexroat.
language: English
title: At the Mountain's Base
publisher: Kokila