Follow the River
Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story...
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Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her people.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345338549 (0345338545)
ASIN: 345338545
Publish date: November 12th 1986
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 406
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Adventure,
History,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Survival,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
American History,
Inspirational,
Western
The story of an ancestor of my grandfather's girlfriend. It's amazing what the human spirit can do.
This book was awesome. It's one of those stories that make you feel like YOU ARE THERE, and it sticks with you for years afterwards. For the longest time, whenever I stepped out of the shower and felt chilled, I'd remember how Mary felt tromping through the forests; cold, wet, and freezing.
3 1/2 stars, reallyThe most amazing thing about this story is that it really happened. In 1755, Mary Ingles was captured by the Shawnee and taken to Ohio or thereabouts. After a couple of months, she escaped along with an old Dutch woman. With winter coming on and virtually no food/clothing/shoes...
This book was a surprise by me. I didn't expect to like it so much, but it was a wonderful women's adventure story.
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