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    Tall Tales From The Shadows Of The Great Divide
    Tall Tales From The Shadows Of The Great Divide
    Tall Tales From The Shadows Of The Great Divide
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    Tall Tales From The Shadows Of The Great Divide

    By Max Tallent

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    This book is a collection of written ballads as a small poetic tribute to the natural beauty that surrounds us.

    From the author's desk, "In 1969 three friends and I booked a big-game hunt with a guide and outfitter in Montana. This hunting area lay astraddle the Continental Divide in the Bob Marshal Wilderness. None of us had ever been that far West. From the outfitter's ranch, it was two days in on horseback. We rode through flower-covered meadows, riparian valleys with crystal clear streams, verdant timber, unbelievable rock formations, and towering canyon walls. I was instantly addicted to Mother Nature's artistry. Two years later, I packed up the family, left Ohio, and headed West."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFulton Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 10, 2022
    ISBN9781637107911
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      Tall Tales From The Shadows Of The Great Divide - Max Tallent

      Tall Tales from the Shadows of the Great Divide

      Max Tallent

      Copyright © 2022 Max Tallent

      All rights reserved

      First Edition

      Fulton Books

      Meadville, PA

      Published by Fulton Books 2022

      ISBN 978-1-63710-790-4 (paperback)

      ISBN 978-1-63710-791-1 (digital)

      Printed in the United States of America

      Seven Cities of Cibola

      They are out there somewhere lost cities of gold

      Go there and find them Coronado was told

      There in the canyons where vistas are few

      Perched high on the mesas hidden from view

      Their glimmering beauty a sight to behold

      Go there and find them those cities of gold

      Oriabi and Hano in legends they stand

      Out there in the desert lost in the sand

      Mashongnavi and Walpi rare secrets they hold

      Coronado was certain they were hammered of gold

      Shumopavl and Slchumovi their warriors so few

      Shupalovo the jewel is waiting there too

      Seven cities of Cibola with treasures untold

      For Coronado the dream of glistening gold

      Winds of the wastelands his soldiers defied

      Through cactus and sagebrush with water denied

      Day after day big wagon wheels rolled

      As they marched ever northward in search of gold

      A message from couriers far in advance

      Brought word of a city discovered by chance

      The sun’s setting rays cast an aura of gold

      On a far distant pueblo oldest of old

      With ropes and ladder tall ramparts ascended

      But finding no treasure Coronado lamented

      City after city the searchers were bold

      But visions diminished as the truth did unfold

      Coronado was somber his blood running cold

      For in all of Cibola there was no yellow gold

      Vermillion Desert

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