TALKING VOLUMES; On the trail of Sacajawea; St. Paul writer Diane Glancy imagines the voices of the Indian girl who went exploring with Lewis and Clark.(VARIETY)(TALKING VOLUMES)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: March 16, 2003| Author: Habich, John | Copyright information

Byline: John Habich; Staff Writer

One small stone among the millions along the Missouri River gave Diane Glancy the key to her new novel. On the trail of Lewis and Clark, she was trying to feel the presence of Sacajawea, the Shoshoni woman widely credited as the guide on their 1804-06 expedition.

"I washed a little edge of the river over the corner of my manuscript to connect her voice with the river," said Glancy, who lives in St. Paul. Then she found the sm...

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