Del Norte Public Library

After being betrayed by his own people and by white men, a Ute Indian boy, Thomas Black Bull, seeks to regain his pride in himself and in his heritage.

In her debut memoir, singer-songwriter Bar Scott brings the same emotional veracity to her personal story as she does to her music. In lyrical detail, The Present Giver is a moving account of Scott's search for meaning and hope when her infant son Forrest is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Shocked into the most demanding journey of their lives, she and husband Peter learn to accept the mysterious gifts the universe offers in order to not just survive,...