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Mary ingles was twentythree, married, and pregnant, when shawnee indians invaded her peaceful virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. Thom graduated from butler university in 1961 with a ba in journalism after serving in the united. Follow the river by historical novelist james alexander thom is a story of mary ingles who became a captive of the shawnee indians and walked miles through an untames wildreness to return home. Mary ingles was twentythree, married, and pregnant, when shawnee indians invaded her peaceful virginia settlement, killed the. Follow the river, random house llc, 2010 416 pages. Follow the river the true mary draper ingles story. Mary draper ingles was pregnant with her third child when shawnee indians attacked the small village where she lived, taking several hostages and killing the rest. Dec 14, 2010 listen to follow the river audiobook by james alexander thom. National bestseller it takes a rare individual not only to see that history can live, but also to make it live for others.
James alexander thom is currently considered a single author. Mary ingles was twentythree, happily married, and pregnant with her third child when shawnee indians invaded her peaceful virginia. Listen to follow the river audiobook by james alexander thom. In 1755 mary draper ingles, 23, pregnant mother of two, is kidnapped by shawnees following their massacre of marys west virginia settlementa vivid bloodletting. Living in drapers meadow, virginia, mary, possibly pregnant at the time, her two sons, thomas 4 and george 2, and her sisterinlaw betty, and a male. I became familiar with the name james alexander thom at age 12, when my mother handed me follow the river, his novel about the true ordeal of mary ingles, the white woman who was kidnapped by shawnee indians in 1755 and then made her way home with the ohio river as her guide the book resonated with my mother and me it was such a powerful testament and tribute to one. This woman was mary draper ingles, mother of two little boys. Follow the river by james alexander thom reading guidebook. April 9, 1989 after two bestselling original paperback historicals based on colonial frontier themes follow the river, 1981, and from sea to shining sea, 1984, thom follows with his first hardcovera superb fictional retelling of the life of the great shawnee chief, tecumseh. After being captured in an indian raid during 1755, mary draper ingles follows the ohio river for 1,000 miles to return home to virginia by herself. The indianapolis news mary ingles was twentythree, happily married, and pregnant with her third child when shawnee indians invaded her peaceful virginia settlement in 1755 and kidnapped her, leaving behind a bloody massacre. Thom graduated from butler university in 1961 with a ba in journalism after serving in the united states marine corps in the korean war.
Some of them are purely entertaining and others are more literary. Thom is the author of follow the river, long knife, from sea to shining sea, panther in. James alexander thom author of panther in the sky, follow the river, long knife, red heart, signtalker, staying out of hell, spectator sport, from sea to shining sea, spirit of the place indiana hill country. Dark rain thom, james fifth wife, was once a member of the shawnee united remnant band until it broke up. Follow the river book snoisle libraries bibliocommons. Download or stream follow the river by james alexander thom. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Download follow the river audiobook by james alexander thom. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading follow the river. Aug 11, 2010 james alexander thom is the author of follow the river, long knife, from sea to shining sea, panther in the sky for which he won the prestigious western writers of america spur award for best historical novel, signtalker, the children of first man, and the red heart. Click to read more about follow the river by james alexander thom. The 100 best books ive read the bookshelf of emily j.
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