In 1870s Florida, a rural family struggles to survive.
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One of the best historical fictions I have ever read! The author states that he actually followed the route taken by these women, and so he brings vivid experience to his descriptions of their ordeal, much of which was so painful that it is hard to read.
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To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Not Yet Rated 1 hr 31 min Apr 22nd, 1995 Drama, Action. I do actually mean that. Mary Ingles is pregnant when she and her two sons are captured from their homestead in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains by Shawnee Indians. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Before there was Cheryl Strayed's Wild, there was this story. Please try again.
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. Impressed by her grace under the pressure of captivity, Wildcat, the Shawnee chief, confers special privileges on Mary and her children, eventually proposing that Mary become his mate. I submitted a review not long ago, but I don't think it was accepted because I had a lot of political commentary about not so politically correct stuff.
Follow the drinking gourd. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Mr. Thom's day to day descriptions of Mary Ingles ordeal, were described in a detail that leads one to believe he was walking along side her during her journey. This is one of the best books I have read recently! Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. This is an amazing tale of pioneer determination and endurance, the more so because it is a true story. The main character, Mary Ingles, was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed men,women,and children, then took her, along with her two sons and sister-in-law, captive.
Somehow she and an older woman not only escape, but find their way home from an Indian village in Ohio across the Appalachian mountains via the Kanawha and New River Valleys without food or warm clothing during increasingly cold and freezing weather. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2013. An "inspirational" saga of a pioneer woman who is abducted by Shawnee Native Americans. The True Story Behind ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ Kaushik Patowary Dec 11, ... which was at that time a prosperous port on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany. Follow the River. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Surely they would get frostbite and die from exposure!? Beautifully written, although excrutiatingly painful, account of Virginia pioneer woman's incredible, true escape from Indian captivity. Adventure, Drama.
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It is so well written with such detail it takes you to that place and time.
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I've read the book more than once, it is a keeper, and I am sure I will read it again. In the scene in which Mary, Tommy and Betty are welcomed into the lodge with the Shawnee woman, Mary confides that she has little breastmilk for her newborn baby (likely due to malnutrition while in captivity). |
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. (There are no explicit sex scenes- I wish more people would address this in their book reviews.) I don't know how I could have missed this story for this long. Here are 30 quality movies based on true stories to watch tonight, including true-crime thrillers, historical love stories, and dramas inspired by real events.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2018. Incredible, true story I was looking for a book that reflected the lives and happenings of the people of Virginia during the period of the French and Indian War. Jennifer Miller (teleplay). My thanks to the writer for this labor of love. Something went wrong. Larry Murley, Author of Loss of Innocence, A Viet Nam War Story & After Bloody Shiloh, A great history of a place called Virginia during the French and Indian War, Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018.
17 April 2015 Although the story is not for the squeamish, it is compelling reading and will bring out all kinds of feelings - anything from elation to disgust to fear, terror and anger.
Not even worth writing anymore about. The woman gives her fennel seeds, which Mary then appears to feed directly to the baby.
A gripping read.
This book is based on a true story.
By the time they reach help after three months in the wilderness, they are naked and near death from starvation. It is based on the Indian Massacre of an early settlement in America, and during the French and Indian War in America. The author has obviously researched thoroughly as it is a true story. I read this book years ago in paper back and couldn't put it down. The author painted the story vividly, giving you a real feel for what she went through, which is astonishing, to say the least. Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2016. 91 min Barges full of corn and wheat arrived every day which was ground in the mills and made into bread and cakes in the bakeries.
There was a problem loading your book clubs. It was a raw tale, and hard to read in some parts, but I am very glad I finished it. It was a very good read and I just had to know what happened next I couldn't put it down. But it is seems I have to write more to get this posted! The book is very skillfully written, not the least bit amateurish, which allows you to completely stay in the story when you're reading it, no distractions. I rarely write book reviews, but this deserves one. It may be a little rough for some, as life could be brutal in those times and the author did not sugarcoat anything. This is an amazing tale of pioneer determination and endurance, the more so because it is a true story.
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