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Ghost Fox
A novel that shares a time and place with The Last of the Mohicans, relating the experiences of a young woman caught in the fury of the French and Indian Wars. Seventeen-year-old Sarah Wells is taken from a New Hampshire farm by Abnaki Indians and renamed "Ghost Fox." Line drawings by the Author.
Paperback, 324 pages
Published
May 7th 1993
by Mariner Books
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Jan 09, 2012
Karla (Mossy Love Grotto)
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2 of 5 stars
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TJ
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adventure,
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retarded-jellyfish-could-wr8-better,
eras-18th-century,
historical-fiction,
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the-ending-blows,
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Confession time.
The book cover I'm reviewing under isn't the one I actually own. My copy was bought (and first read), back in 1981. OK, so not a big deal, but when you read and review a book with this cover:
people are bound to expect it's just another one of those lurid 1970's/80's bodice rippers filled with heaving white girl breasts and turgid manly Indian members swelling to the beat of tribal war drums.
And this book is so NOT that. In fact, Ghost Fox could more easily be compared with anoth...more
What started as a fun-sister-buddy-read quickly devolved into a constant bitchfest until its merciful conclusion.
I had hopes for this book. Not high hopes, but it had everything that would make it good. Time period, location (my homestate region), and subject matter of indian abduction/captivity/assimilation and the drama of being caught between 2 worlds. In theory it could have been an engaging read. But the execution was lackluster and disjointed and about as bland as eating plain white flour....more
I had hopes for this book. Not high hopes, but it had everything that would make it good. Time period, location (my homestate region), and subject matter of indian abduction/captivity/assimilation and the drama of being caught between 2 worlds. In theory it could have been an engaging read. But the execution was lackluster and disjointed and about as bland as eating plain white flour....more
A random book I pulled off my grandfather's bookshelf when I was around 10 years old. This is a love story, set in early America when white colonists and Indians were at war, and young pretty girls got captured and accepted into Indian tribes. Well, that's pretty much what happened in this book, at least. My mother freaked when she saw what I was reading - but not after I learned much more than I needed to know at that age from the sex scenes and violent battles. She let me finish (I really want...more
Another RDC. I truly enjoyed this book. Its funny, I remember the book but not a lot of details. It was quite awhile ago that I read it. But what I remember about it was really good. A good book about perseverance in the face of adversity, and how we can adapt to anything if we need to.
Wow, I really loved this book when I read it as a young girl. I may have been 13 or so, and, to me this story had everything; romance, stirring images of violence, vivid portrayals of what life must have been like in that time. I think it is because of this book that I have a fondness for historical novels.
I read this book when I was a teenager and loved it. It was in Moms collection. So I thought I would read it again. Wow, my opinion can change in 20 years. I still liked it but there were things that disturbed me now that apparently didn't back then. Overall, I enjoyed the Indians point of view and their way of life. I would not have liked to live in that time period but learning about it was facinating(sp).
70s novel about settler woman captured by Abnaki Indians, enjoyable, in a hardships kind of way
I had planned to give the book three stars. The author seemed to have done a good job researching the French and Indian War, and I actually found the descriptions of tribal customs and the area very well done. The diaglogue and actions of the characters seemed unbelievable, especially toward the end of the book.
I read this book mainly because I found it at the library, and my mother's name was on the library card dating back to 1978. From the looks of the names on the card it was a very popular...more
I read this book mainly because I found it at the library, and my mother's name was on the library card dating back to 1978. From the looks of the names on the card it was a very popular...more
While not always an easy read, this book is a highly recommended one. Mr. Houston has taken his extensive research of the Native American struggle during the French and Indian Wars and developed an honest and realistic story of a young woman taken captive and forced to live as a slave to the Indians. Through her, we see life as it was during that sad and brutal time. We follow her struggles as well as her triumphs and are left both satisfied and well educated.
Sep 16, 2011
Jill
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommended to Jill by:
Hannah
Shelves:
romantic-historical-fiction
3.5 stars
I read this in one of those Readers Digest Condensed books when I was maybe 12. I loved it and read it over and over again and finally read the unedited version as an adult. Still love that book.
Sep 08, 2007
Sarah
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Recommends it for:
Everyone
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This book is the reason I was named Sarah, it's an amazing tale of an english girl who was kidnapped and became part of a tribe... I don't want to ruin the story but she was a brave survivor!
This is a good *story*, but I really didn't like the writing style. There were sudden shifts between characters & plotlines that left me confused.
Dec 31, 2010
Tammy Walton Grant
marked it as to-read
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I read this as a kid in a reader's digest condensed book and have never forgotten it. Would love to get my hands on a copy and re-read it.
I read this years ago as a teenager. I liked it so much that I remembered it as an adult and decided to buy another copy.
I read this when I was still in high school, over 20 years ago, and I remember loving it! It is on my book list to re-read!
I read this over and over I loved it so much when I was younger.
Love this book. Historical with a touch of romance.
I read this in junior high and remembered loving it.
May 03, 2013
Alexandra Hunt
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Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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Mar 18, 2013
Igraine
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James Archibald Houston was a Canadian artist, designer, children's author and film-maker who played an important role in the recognition of Inuit art and introduced printmaking to the Inuit.
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