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Ellie
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 Posted - June 09 2004 : 03:19:00 AM
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I love Sara Donati's Wilderness series, I am eagerly anticipating the next installment which I think is due in the Summer...
Anyway, I have done search after search on Amazon and the like but I cannot find anything of a similar 'theme'. Does anyone know of any authors who write historic romance/adventure novels which are set in America? I also adore Nicholas Evanas (The Horse Whisperer)so any recommended books set present day or past, set in the American West would be great too.
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Ellie.
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richfed
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Posted - June 09 2004 : 05:20:10 AM
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| No answer to your question from me, Ellie, but I wanted to say that Sara Donati used to post here on the old Mohican Board, on occasion. Searching those old posts - I'm guessing '98 or '99 - might get you her E-mail address ... if it's still valid. |
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Kurt
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Theresa
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Posted - June 09 2004 : 07:48:20 AM
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Ellie, I don't know about a series, but I particularly enjoyed "One Thousand White Women" by Jim Fergus. It's set post Civil War and is about an agreement with the Cheyenne and the U.S. Government.
Sara Donati's email is sara@saralaughs.com
The Diana Gabaldon series is also good...takes them awhile for them to get to the colonies, though. |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - June 09 2004 : 08:25:18 AM
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Originally posted by richfed
... Sara Donati used to post here on the old Mohican Board, on occasion. Searching those old posts - I'm guessing '98 or '99...
You are kidding me!!!!! I didn't know that. Did she post under her pen name (Sara) or another?
Ellie, I am also a major fan of Sara's writing and am eagerly awaiting her next book "Fire Along the Sky." You can actually talk to Sara (if she isn't too busy writing) on her forum board. Just go to the above-mentioned website and click on "Discussion." Register and start posting! Theresa and I are both there on occasion.
[For those of you going to the Gathering, I put together a little bag of goodies that I called "The Ladies' Wilderness-of-Life Survival Kit" that will be offered in Ariel's Auction. Tucked into that bag is a paperback copy of Sara's first book, "Into The Wilderness." IMHO, a really great read!!] |
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Jayne
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Posted - June 09 2004 : 3:36:12 PM
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Ellie,
James Thom writes wonderful historic novels. He has written "Follow the River" (made into a movie with Eric Schweig - ok but book was better), "Panther in the Sky", and many others. He hasn't written a series, but his books are very good. I think he does a wonderful job of equally portraying the white and Native American experiences and views. He is married to a Shawnee woman (Dark Rain)and lives in the Indiana hill country. I'm currently reading his latest book called "Warrior Woman", a story about a Shawnee woman who tried to be a peacemaker and found how difficult (basically impossible) it was to maintain her traditional life and be a friend to the whites. Dark Rain helped him write this one.
Before J.Thom wrote "Follow the River", he researched his topic by retracing and living the route taken by the main character, Mary. She escaped from the Shawnees while camped along the south side of the Ohio R. in Kentucky. The story follows her amazing journey back to her home in Virginia (now West Virgina). My favorite of all his novels!
Jayne
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Dances with Beagles
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Posted - June 09 2004 : 9:14:37 PM
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Originally posted by Jayne
Ellie,
James Thom writes wonderful historic novels. He has written "Follow the River" (made into a movie with Eric Schweig -
Before J.Thom wrote "Follow the River", he researched his topic by retracing and living the route taken by the main character, Mary. She escaped from the Shawnees while camped along the south side of the Ohio R. in Kentucky. The story follows her amazing journey back to her home in Virginia (now West Virgina). My favorite of all his novels!
Jayne
I agree..."Follow the River" was awesome, especially since it was based on a true story.
I would also add, "In the Hands of the Senecas", and "Drums Along the Mohawk". (I think Bookworm talked about those a few months back...)
There's also a book out there, "The White", which I haven't read yet, based on the true story of a girl who was captured and lived with the Shawnee Indians.
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Theresa
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Posted - June 09 2004 : 9:21:00 PM
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Originally posted by Jayne
Ellie,
James Thom writes wonderful historic novels. He has written "Follow the River" (made into a movie with Eric Schweig - ok but book was better), "Panther in the Sky", and many others. He hasn't written a series, but his books are very good. I think he does a wonderful job of equally portraying the white and Native American experiences and views. He is married to a Shawnee woman (Dark Rain)and lives in the Indiana hill country. I'm currently reading his latest book called "Warrior Woman", a story about a Shawnee woman who tried to be a peacemaker and found how difficult (basically impossible) it was to maintain her traditional life and be a friend to the whites. Dark Rain helped him write this one.
Before J.Thom wrote "Follow the River", he researched his topic by retracing and living the route taken by the main character, Mary. She escaped from the Shawnees while camped along the south side of the Ohio R. in Kentucky. The story follows her amazing journey back to her home in Virginia (now West Virgina). My favorite of all his novels!
Jayne
Jayne,
Thom also wrote Children of First Man, which is a VERY detailed book, quite long, but very good. |
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Jayne
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Posted - June 10 2004 : 7:41:33 PM
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Hi, Theresa.
Yup, read that one too. In fact, I've read all of Thom's books - Long Knife, From Sea to Shining Sea, Red Heart, Sign-Talker plus the others I mentioned. I DO LOVE his work!  Heard him speak once. He was most interesting, but unfortunately his wife was in the hospital that evening and he was definitely worried and a bit distracted. I guess one reason I'm so fond of his books is that most of the stories are about events that took place here in the Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky area.
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Posted - June 15 2004 : 9:01:47 PM
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I haven't read any of Sara's books, Ellie, so I don't know whether this recommendation will be along the lines of what you're looking for, but one of my all-time favorite novels -- a trilogy, actually -- is "The Awakening Land" by Conrad Richter. The individual books are "The Trees," "The Fields," and "The Town." The story is that of Sayward Wheeler, a teenage girl who emigrates with her family from the Pennsylvania backcountry to the Ohio wilderness in the years after the Revolutionary WAr. When they first arrive in the OHio country, Sayward (pronounced "Saird" by her family) fights the trees to build a home. By the end of the story, she's the matriarch of a distinguished Ohio family, but longs for the old days when the wilderness was untamed. There's a most unusual romance, too. Highly recommended!
I'll have to start reading Sara's and James Thom's books to get caught up with everyone. I looked at the website of Sara's that Kurt posted the link to, and noticed that she recommends the novel "Bride of the Wilderness" by Charles McCarry. I read some of it years ago. It's a sort of Hawkeye-and-Cora, clash-of-cultures romance, but I was really turned off by the scene in which the Indians raped their white captives. It never, ever happened!!! I've never read of a single incident of Indians (those of the NOrtheast, at least) sexually abusing their female captives (or the women of their own people, for that matter). Got so mad that I don't think I ever finished the book! I have to admit that it was a pretty good story up to that point.
I read "The White" and liked it. It's a fictional retelling of Mary Jemison's abduction by a Shawnee raiding party and subsequent adoption by the Senecas. The author, Deborah Larsen, is a professor of poetry at Gettysburg College who lives near the site of the Jemisons' homestead. Given the author's background, I was afraid the book was going to be very pretentious or precious or something, but it wasn't. Well, maybe a little bit, but I'd still recommend it. And Mary Jemison's life story is quite a story in its own right, too (and there's a romance). |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - June 15 2004 : 10:09:24 PM
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I am also a fan of Thom, although I've only read a couple of his. I really did like "Follow the River." I was so excited when the TV movie was first being shown... until I saw it. What a disappointment. However, I do watch it whenever I see that it is on, so I can feast my eyes upon Eric Schweig. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. And a couple of years ago, I read "From Sea To Shining Sea", which is about the Clark family (as in Lewis and Clark). Very entertaining and very well researched.
I am quite taken with the story of Mary Jemison, so I will try to read "The White." Also the Conrad Richter books. Long ago, when I was a teen, I read "The Light In The Forest" and saw the Disney movie based on the book. I remember liking it very much.
Bookworm, I read "Bride of the Wilderness" upon Sara's recommendation. Had to borrow it through interlibrary loan. Interestingly, I don't remember much about the story, even though it was just a few years ago. I wasn't really disappointed in it, but it didn't match my expectations.
Dances, you have hit upon a couple of my very favorites... the Walter D. Edmonds books. I've discussed those in another thread. Excellent books! |
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Chris
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 Posted - June 30 2004 : 10:27:45 AM
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Try Oh, Kentucky by Betty Layman Receveur. It's about Daniel Boone. I love it, but then, I may be slightly prejudiced!
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| The local library has several of James Thom's books, and I decided to try The Red Heart because the story is set partly in Pennsylvania -- a Quaker girl, Frances Slocome, is abducted by a Lenape raiding party from her home near Fort Wilkes-Barre. Well, I couldn't read it fast enough! Just finished it. What an excellent book! I totally agree with Jayne, Theresa, and WW about the quality of James Thom's writing. The wealth of detail that he incorporates into his descriptions of Indian life (here, Lenape and Miami) is amazing. As soon as the library reopens, I'm going back for another one. Thanks to everyone who recommended him! |
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Theresa
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Posted - July 04 2004 : 6:02:52 PM
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Sounds wonderful, Bookworm. I've gotten way too far behind on my reading and mean to rectify that this very evening. I won one of the books you sent about the Indians in Pennsylvania...and did you send the video "Follow the River"? I won that, too. Thanks for all the wonderful items.  So sorry you couldn't make it but...2006, The Seventh (and final?) Gathering...see to it you're there.  |
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Posted - July 05 2004 : 10:24:45 AM
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| I will be there, Theresa! I hope you enjoy the book about Indians in Pa. I didn't send the "Follow the River" video, however, as I've only learned of James Thom and his books through this thread. |
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