Sacagawea: Girl of the Shining Mountains
Grade 4-6?A biography of Sacagawea from the time she was captured by the Minnetaree through 1806, when Lewis and Clark left for home. St. George draws heavily from the journals of Lewis, Clark, and various members of their Corps of Discovery, thus giving readers a good overview of their historic journey as well. As she did in Crazy Horse (1994) and To See with the Heart (1996, both Putnam), the author offers a portrait of a Native American in which her admiration for the individual colors her writing. The inclusion of Sacagawea's assumed reactions and emotions to events (which St. George clearly acknowledges in the introduction) seems awkward, and even condescending at times. For example, the metaphorical play on her name, which means Bird Woman, seems overdone. (In other words, "she had been given wings.") Nonetheless, the book is a well-researched, readable biography. Those seeking additional information on this expedition will find the extensive bibliography useful.?Carolyn Angus, The Claremont Graduate School, CACopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.