Jere Hungerford Wheelwright
Auteur de Kentucky Stand
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Gentleman, Hush! 2 exemplaires
Draw near to battle 1 exemplaire
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While on a salt boiling expedition with Boone and other men from the settlement, he and a colleague miss being captured by Shawnee Indians because they were out hunting for food. When separated in a storm, Jim proves he has learned survival skills by not panicking and making it back to Boonesborough to warn the settlement about Boone's capture.
He falls in love with Liza Bonham, a woman to have at your side when living in the wilderness. This relationship causes him much trouble as he and she know that she will not be happy living back in civilized Virginia if they move there. Does he stay in the West with Liza or does he move back home to be with his grandmother and father to run the family estate?
There are also the Indian raids and as this is a historical novel written by a historian, there is much detail about the daily lives of the men & women who settle the lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains. There is also some detail about the suspicions that Daniel Boone was a Tory and thus sympathetic to the British in the Revolutionary War that was taking place at the same time period as this novel's story. In fact in the novel, Boone is court-martialed following his successful defense of Boonesborough for his supposed Tory sympathies but found not guilty.… (plus d'informations)