At the Mountain’s Base - Traci Sorell, Weshoyot Alvitre (illustrator)

Category: Children, Historical Fiction, Short Story
Language: EnglishKeywords: Cherokee Indigenous Native American Pilots World War II
Written by Traci Sorell, Weshoyot Alvitre (illustrator)
Read by Kimberly Guerrero
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
At the mountain’s base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family - loving, 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 loved one, a pilot, to return from war.
With an author’s note that pays homage to the true history of Native American US service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred “Millie” Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.
December 8 2020
6 mins
At the mountain’s base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family - loving, 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 loved one, a pilot, to return from war.

With an author’s note that pays homage to the true history of Native American US service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred “Millie” Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.

December 8 2020
6 mins