Taelo: The Golden Feather

By Ron Mueller

The story of Taelo (Tā lo), talon of the eagle, follows the journey of a young, exceptionally talented child. The eagle, Taelo’s totem always makes an appearance at the critical and important moments in Taelo’s life.
Golden Hawk is Taelo’s cousin, best friend and partner in their many adventures.
White Swan and Quiet Pheasant their mothers are sisters who gave birth to the two on the same day. Taelo’s mother, White Swan politically guides both her husband Grey Fox Running and Taelo in their interactions within the Elk Clan. She also ensured Red Oak and Quiet Pheasant transferred with them from the Elk Horn Clan the main Elk Clan. She was determined her son would grow up with his cousin and best friend.
The two boys each have leadership totems. The two families still talk about the boys seventh birthday when a golden hawk caught and dropped a salmon into Golden Hawk’s lap as an eagle cried and flew overhead.
All know when an eagle screams from the sky, something eventful is about to happen.
In The Golden Feather this same team takes the next step in their development. They first travel south into the Andes of South America. They meet the peoples living in those areas. On their return they go into the far North Coastal area where the Elk clan originally had its home. Their actions once again change the cul¬ture of the Elk Clan.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Around the World Publishing
• Release date: Sep 23, 2015
• ISBN: 9781682230039

Ron Mueller

About the Author Ronald E. Mueller [e-mail] Ron grew up in what is now Flint River State Park in Southeast Iowa. The 170-year-old house Ron lived in is built into a hillside. It faces a 125-foot-high cliff towering over the little Flint River. The house and the land talked to him about; the passing of time, the struggle to conquer the land, the struggles people faced and the wonder of nature. He climbed the cliffs, crawled into the caves, dove from the swimming rock, collected clams from the bottom of the pond, gigged and skinned frogs for their legs. He trapped muskrats for fur, hunted raccoon in the dead of night, and with only a stick hunted rabbits in the dead of winter. His young life was outdoors, and nature tested him. He walked to a one room stone schoolhouse uphill both ways. A stern but warm-hearted teacher, Mrs. Henry was instrumental in shaping his character as she shepherded him from the fourth to the eighth grade. A Montessori before its time. It was a great way to grow up. His experiences inter-twined with snippets of fantasy lend themselves to the adventures he leads the reader through.