Follow the River (1986) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Mary Draper Ingels: twenty-three years old and pregnant, Mary is taken captive when Indians raid her Virginia settlement. She later escapes to make her way back to her people.
• Bettie Draper: Mary's sister-in-law, who is also taken captive
• Georgie: Mary's son
• Johnny Draper: Mary's brother, Bettie's husband, who sets out with Will to search for the two captive women
• Goulart: French trader who uses Mary as a seamstress at his Shawnee trading post
• William Ingles: Mary's husband, who searches for her with Johnny
• Tommy: Mary's son
• Mary Ingles: The main character, the real person who's true story is told in the book.
• Gander Jack: an Indian tracker hired to help Will and Johnny find their wivse
• Henry Lenard: a man from Draper's Meadow who was also taken captive with Mary and Bettie
• Otter Girl: an Indian squaw who dotes on Mary's baby daughter
• Ghetel Stumf: Old Danish captive of the Shawnee

Quotes edit see section history

• “page 349 'any marnin' th' good Lord liet's 'ee open your eyes, that's a day he's got somethin' f''r ye t' do.'”

  Mary Ingles

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• New River Valley
• Draper Meadows
• Virginia
• Scioto
• Ohio
• Shawnee Town

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. James Alexander Thom (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 813.54

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical