The Owl and the Horseshoe

Debra Hughey, the author of People of the Townhouse, chronicles the typical Creek village prior to the decisive Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, providing the reader with an intimate capsule of Creek life in the Hillabee Village of central Alabama. The Owl and the Horseshoe replaces what were considered savages by the white race with a caring, loving, thoughtful, industrious, intelligent, proud and brave race, trying to cope with changing times and the unavoidable prophecy of the owl.