by Justin Kerson (Author), Eloy Bida (Illustrator).
Print length: 40 pages
Language: English
Publisher Tottglobal
Publication: date July 6, 2023
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8988601104
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.25 x 10 inches

In 1818, in the foothills of present-day Marin County, lived the Miwok. They were peaceful hunter-gatherers who had many villages in the land stretching from Sonoma County to San Francisco. They possessed a vast knowledge of their environment.

Tamalpais and Falling Rock were childhood friends who fell in love. When Tam became sick with severe asthma during a pollen bloom, her father, Chief Marin, declared a contest for a medicinal herb, with Tam’s hand in marriage as the prize.

Falling Rock, deeply concerned for Tam’s health, embarked on a quest to find the root. Ignoring the rules of the contest, he set out alone. He rescued captured men from a rival tribe and reached the Emerald Falls. Despite initial failures, Falling Rock dove into the pool, rode a turtle to the bottom, and retrieved the Elecampane Root.

Falling Rock and Tamalpais’ story is a twining tale of two lovers whose souls skipped together amongst many lives. This is the story of just one of their lives.