A frontier woman is captured by an Indian war party. Her fear and hatred of the tribal people are overcome as she lives with the people and comes to know them. The accidental death of her baby throws her into despair and she makes a desperate escape to be reunited with her husband and home. This book is based on the life of a woman who lived in the 18th Century. As the story develops, the parts of her story that were not recorded are drawn from the journals, diaries and early memoirs of her contemporaries. While these ...
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A frontier woman is captured by an Indian war party. Her fear and hatred of the tribal people are overcome as she lives with the people and comes to know them. The accidental death of her baby throws her into despair and she makes a desperate escape to be reunited with her husband and home. This book is based on the life of a woman who lived in the 18th Century. As the story develops, the parts of her story that were not recorded are drawn from the journals, diaries and early memoirs of her contemporaries. While these characters are fictional, their stories are true. All the characters are based on real people and reliable accounts, as are the incidents depicted in this book.
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