Biography & Autobiography.
History.
Multi-Cultural.
Nonfiction.
HTML:A bestselling master of historical fiction, James Alexander Thom has brought unforgettable Native American figures to life for millions of readers, powerfully dramatizing their fortitude, fearsomeness, and profound fates. Now he and his wife, Dark Rain, have created a magnificent portrait of an astonishing womanâ??one who led her people in war when she could not persuade them to make peace.
Her name was Nonhelema. Literate, lovely, imposing at over six feet tall, she was the Womenâ??s Peace Chief of the Shawnee Nationâ??and already a legend when the most decisive decade of her life began in 1774. That fall, with more than three thousand Virginians poised to march into the Shawneesâ?? home, Nonhelemaâ??s plea for peace was denied. So she loyally became a fighter, riding into battle covered in war paint. When the Indians ran low on ammunition, Nonhelemaâ??s role changed back to peacemaker, this time tragically.
Negotiating an armistice with military leaders of the American Revolution like Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark, she found herself estranged from her own peopleâ??and betrayed by her white adversaries, who would murder her loved ones and eventually maim Nonhelema herself.
Throughout her inspiring life, she had many deep and complex relationships, including with her daughter, Fani, who was an adopted white captive . . . a pious and judgmental missionary, Zeisberger . . . a series of passionate lovers . . . and, in a stunning creation of the Thoms, Justin Caseâ??a cowardly soldier transformed by the courage he saw in the female Indian leader.
Filled with the uncanny period detail and richly rendered drama that are Thom trademarks, Warrior Woman is a memorable novel of a remarkable personâ??one willing to fight to avoid war, by turns tough and tender, whose heart was too big for th… (plus d'informations)
Long, dry and most of us couldn't or didn't want to finish it. The book started out well enough but really fizzled by the middle. We were looking forward to reading about a strong Native American woman, an area we haven't explored much, but this isn't the title to meet that goal. ( )
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We were their ruination, in ways I fear History will not forget, nor God forgive. ~ Dr Justin I Case  Memoirs & Reflections on the War in the West
Reincarnation
Long time age it was, an Indian listened to a missionary. He got sprinkled and became a Christian and learned about heaven and hell. He was very good. He did't drink or smoke. When he died, he went to the Happy Hunting Ground, but they wouldn't let him in there because he had was a Christian. So he went to Heaven, but they wouldn't let him in because he was an Indian. So he went down to Hell, but they wouldn't let him in there because he was too good. There was no place for him dead, so he came back to life as one of those heathen Indians who drink and smoke and won't listen to missionaries. ~ Variation of OLD INDIAN FOLK STORY
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This book is dedicated to the Nonhelema, known as the Grenadier Squaw or Katy;
And the Shawnee women, who have carried their People through good times and ordeals with their courage, strength, prayers, toil, dignity, sacrifices, and spiritual strength. They continue even now.
Biography & Autobiography.
History.
Multi-Cultural.
Nonfiction.
HTML:A bestselling master of historical fiction, James Alexander Thom has brought unforgettable Native American figures to life for millions of readers, powerfully dramatizing their fortitude, fearsomeness, and profound fates. Now he and his wife, Dark Rain, have created a magnificent portrait of an astonishing womanâ??one who led her people in war when she could not persuade them to make peace.
Her name was Nonhelema. Literate, lovely, imposing at over six feet tall, she was the Womenâ??s Peace Chief of the Shawnee Nationâ??and already a legend when the most decisive decade of her life began in 1774. That fall, with more than three thousand Virginians poised to march into the Shawneesâ?? home, Nonhelemaâ??s plea for peace was denied. So she loyally became a fighter, riding into battle covered in war paint. When the Indians ran low on ammunition, Nonhelemaâ??s role changed back to peacemaker, this time tragically.
Negotiating an armistice with military leaders of the American Revolution like Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark, she found herself estranged from her own peopleâ??and betrayed by her white adversaries, who would murder her loved ones and eventually maim Nonhelema herself.
Throughout her inspiring life, she had many deep and complex relationships, including with her daughter, Fani, who was an adopted white captive . . . a pious and judgmental missionary, Zeisberger . . . a series of passionate lovers . . . and, in a stunning creation of the Thoms, Justin Caseâ??a cowardly soldier transformed by the courage he saw in the female Indian leader.
Filled with the uncanny period detail and richly rendered drama that are Thom trademarks, Warrior Woman is a memorable novel of a remarkable personâ??one willing to fight to avoid war, by turns tough and tender, whose heart was too big for th
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