false <![CDATA[Follow the River]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172098153m/138872.jpg 138872 4 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. 497394 1981 Follow the River total:2385|5:929|4:933|3:405|2:82|1:36| 2385 9792 2919 655 5 2 false true Mon Jan 21 10:10:20 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 11:20:21 -0800 2008
I was educated at a very young age by my archaeologist father about the early settlemen...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 10:00:50 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 11:31:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 11:39:26 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 11:46:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Jan 19 05:58:53 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 17:46:08 -0800 2009 by Native Americans when whites were settling the West. It is a true story of a woman that truly survived what no human should ever have to survive. I wish I would have passed on this book be...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 01 09:37:55 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 09:48:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 10:23:08 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 10:27:30 -0700 2008
However, there was a subtext to Follow the River that reeked of racism against Native Americans. There were plenty of old, familiar Noble Warri...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 15:42:55 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 09:45:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 14:56:26 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 15:01:29 -0700 2007 An amazing story of true love, courage and sheer determination. She escapes th...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 09:01:50 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 09:09:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 10:58:40 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 20:08:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 true false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 22:35:55 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 18 10:29:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 24 22:14:31 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 22:21:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 22:27:11 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 18:54:00 -0800 2009 3 1/2 stars, really

The 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 f...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Sat Dec 15 15:33:44 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 15:36:47 -0800 2007 I had an opportunity to meet the author and his wife during a train trip from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. We actually dined together during the trip and it was fascinating to...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Tue Mar 31 12:44:18 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 12:51:51 -0700 2009
The Indian attack and kidnapping was quite harrowing, but her attempt to survive after escaping the Indians by following the river was also pretty harrowing.

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I just finished this book and wow, ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 16:06:05 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 16:15:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Jan 22 11:53:39 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 08:10:17 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 01:53:33 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 16:27:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=138872