For more than thirty years, from the time of Lewis and Clark into the 1840s, the mountain men explored the Great American West. As trappers in a hostile, trackless land, they opened they opened the gates of the mountains for the wagon trains of pioneers who followed them.

In Give Your heart to the Hawks, Win Blevins presents a poetic tribute to these dauntless "first westerners" and their incredible adventures.

323 pp.