
Follow the River
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David Drummond
Mary Ingles was 23, 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. For months they held her captive. But nothing could imprison her spirit.
With the rushing Ohio River as her guide, Mary Ingles walked one thousand miles through an untamed wilderness no white woman had ever seen. Her story lives on - extraordinary testimony to the indomitable strength of one pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her own people.
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This is a great book written by a marvelous author
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Mary Ingles' escape from the Shawnee Indians in 1755 is such an incredible true story. The beginning of her story is a tough read, as it describes an Indian massacre in detail. Although I thought I was prepared for this telling, it was still disturbing. Mary's time spent in captivity, although only several months, also is a fair chunk of the story, very interesting yet not quite as disturbing.
I was fascinated her trip to freedom. It is written in a manner that you feel you are right there with her day after tortuous day. The relationship that progressed between Mary and her companion, in all its developments, rang true and certainly seemed believable. It seemed the obstacles would never cease as Mary plodded along following various rivers, starving and naked. While the story sometimes seemed beyond belief, I have read other true survival tales and continue to be amazed at what a human body can go through when determined to survive.
I especially appreciated the author's comments at the end of the book.
Highly recommended.
Worthwhile, amazing story you won't soon forget
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Wish the narrator had been a woman
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love the book!
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Great book
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Good read
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The careful research and attempts to understand and represent the spirit of such a remarkable woman, her Shawnee captors, and the husband unable to.protect her from such a harrowing ordeal are to be appreciated. For those of us whose lives descend from early American pioneer stock there is much to be learned. Are we sufficiently tough to meet the challenges of our day? What is the depth of our commitment to marriage vows? How do we carry on after passing through personal wilderness times? Survivor or victim?
The book is long and detailed in harrowing ways perhaps making it difficult to stick with. This, however gives greater insight into what a 6 week, 500+ mile hike through rugged terrain with little to no protection from the elements or beasts while starving to the very brink of death would in fact be like.
Mary Draper Ingles - a true American heroine
Mary Draper Ingles - a true American Heroine
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Gripping and Harrowing to Conclusion!
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My favorite book
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Better read
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