The Ghost and the Lone Warrior: An Arapaho Legend

Jean Free, a library consultant, is a retired public-school teacher and
librarian in Whitby, Ontario.

In this, her second book, Mohawk writer and illustrator Carrie Taylor
retells the Plains Indian legend of the Lone Warrior who, after being
injured while hunting, is saved by a ghost of an ancestor. Lone Warrior
becomes a chief of the Arapaho, a tribe of famous buffalo hunters in
southern Saskatchewan and North Dakota.

A gorgeous book, it is filled with the energy and beauty of its large,
colorful illustrations. Primary-grade children will enjoy examining the
Native symbols and designs depicting the tribe hunting buffalo before
the age of horses in North America. Though the red coat on the skeleton
has a surprisingly modern look, students can add to their knowledge of
Native life by examining the book’s illustrations.

Lone Warrior is also available in French as Guerrier-Solitaire et le
fantфme.