Black Eagle Oregon

<P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt>The town of Black Eagle Oregon sits on the banks of the Columbia River at the foot of <SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>snow covered Mt. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags /><st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Hood</st1:PlaceName>.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>It is home to church going citizens windsurfers and orchard workers.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>But when real estate prices start to boom an influx of newcomers arrive and the cultural divide between Whites Natives and Hispanic workers create tensions that brew just below the surface in this pretty <st1:place w:st=on>Pacific Northwest</st1:place> town.</P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>     </SPAN>Based on real events in the early 1990s this fast paced novel reveals how the lives of four very different Black Eagle characters intertwine when a fishing platform is deliberately destroyed at an ancient Native site.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>     </SPAN>Richard Sherwood is the real estate developer from Back East who has arrived in Black Eagle to make his fortune who will stop at nothing to reach his goal of becoming a millionaire before he's forty.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Jim Hawks is the Native who lives a quiet life on the river with his grandfather but ever since college harbors deep political unrest that he doesn't know what to do with.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Tawny is the church going wife who thought her life would remain perfect when she married up to Charles Spotts but taking care of her new house and two teen-age sons can't contain her restlessness.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>And Anna Kingston the single woman who changed her life from <st1:City w:st=on><st1:place w:st=on>Boston</st1:place></st1:City> businesswoman to Black Eagle high school teacher struggles with more than she bargained for in her new life. </P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>     </SPAN>The protest against the Richard Sherwood's real estate development turns into a full-time encampment -including tipis and a sacred flame - and each character his forced to deal with the unfolding events in their own way.</P>