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| Title | : | Follow the River |
| Author | : | James Alexander Thom |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 406 pages |
| Published | : | November 12th 1986 by Ballantine Books (first published 1981) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adventure |
James Alexander Thom
Paperback | Pages: 406 pages Rating: 4.22 | 17555 Users | 2205 Reviews
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This book needed a lot of editing. It was repetitious and monotonous. Her voice did not seem very genuine. It's kind of hard to explain, but sometimes it just didn't seem like a woman's point of view. For example, she rarely/never? talked about the emotional relationship with her husband. Instead, even when she was starving and fighting exposure and exhaustion in the extreme, every time she thought of her husband, it was sexual. The way she immediately started fantasizing about Chief Wildcat was very Harlequinesque. Also, in some parts the way she thought about her children didn't seem natural--forced or too theatrical. On the other hand, I really identified with her experience of childbirth. Her reasoning for escaping was very believable and the story of her survival is compelling, but to read every single detail of her ordeal was not enjoyable. This book ended up being more of a page-skipper (I wanted to know how it ended, but didn't want to read to it) rather than a page-turner.
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| Original Title: | Follow the River |
| ISBN: | 0345338545 (ISBN13: 9780345338549) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mary Ingles, Will Ingles, Gander Jack, Henry Lenard, Otter Girl, Mister Harmon, Adam Harmon, Captain Wildcat, Johnny Draper, William Ingles, Blue Ridge, Bettie Draper, Colonel Patton, Bettie Elenor, Colonel Washington, Captain Buchanan, John Ingles, Dunkard's Bottom, Elenor Draper, Mary Draper Ingles, Philip Lybrook, Casper Barrier, Snake Stick |
| Setting: | United States of America |
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Ratings: 4.22 From 17555 Users | 2205 ReviewsAssessment Appertaining To Books Follow the River
Actual Rating: 4.4 / 5There are many things that can be said about this book, most of them having been elaborated on in reviews other than this one. Often times, I think that is an advantage of Goodreads--knowing that there are always other reviews to refer to in case the reader gets stuck or wishes to ease their curiosity. Heck, the ratings enough are a factor in deciding which books I will read!This has been my first experience with Follow the River, and yet this book seemed worthwhile enoughI found this book incredibly interesting. The amount of research author Jim Thom put into this novel almost reveals an obsession he must have had with the harrowing experience of Mary Draper Ingles. I was educated at a very young age by my archaeologist father about the early settlements of this region, as well as the life of period Indian tribes. Being a true Kentucky blue-blood, I was also educated on the clash between the two, the eternal struggle, and God-willing, those few who were able to
This was FANTASTC!! I stayed up to 3:30 am to finish it last night. Could not stop reading. I have a thing for this time period so I really liked it. What made it even better for me was that it was a true story. Unbelievable what the heroine went through.
I didn't finish this book. When I finally decided to put it down I just bawled like a baby. The author, in the first chapter, writes a descriptive scene of a baby being tossed around while an Indian in the middle tries to chop it with his ax, in the end, the Indian succeeds. If that wasn't bad enough, The main character lets her three children, including three week old baby be taken in by the culture of the Indians. As a mother who has lost a child, I found this extremely unrealistic and
I feel humbled by Mary Ingles' story. It is truly amazing. There were parts of the book I felt could have been shorter and almost gave it four stars because of that, but then I worried that somewhere out in the cosmos it would offend Mary Ingles....;). This story is truth that is more unbelievable than fiction. Fantastic.
Mary Ingles was an amazing woman! I can't imagine living through what she endured. When she left her sons and newborn daughter in the care of savages my heart nearly broke. Escaping the Shawnee and finding her way home was a treacherous journey that seemed at any moment would be the death of her. Her traveling companion, an old Dutch woman named Gretel, was quite scary and gruesome. When Gretel began displaying cannibalistic behavior I thought about how desperate one must be to have such strong
This book needed a lot of editing. It was repetitious and monotonous. Her voice did not seem very genuine. It's kind of hard to explain, but sometimes it just didn't seem like a woman's point of view. For example, she rarely/never? talked about the emotional relationship with her husband. Instead, even when she was starving and fighting exposure and exhaustion in the extreme, every time she thought of her husband, it was sexual. The way she immediately started fantasizing about Chief Wildcat was
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