Recently I learned of novels by author THOM (don't remember his first name)
through my book club. I read three: "Follow the River", "Children of the
First
Man" and another whose name escapes me right now. I found all of them on Amazon
and some were probably in the library. In the "First Man" book, I felt that the
point of view of the native indians was given fairly and well, along with the
attitude of the explorers. The "River" book was the true story of a woman (and
her descendants are found on various message boards on Rootsweb) who was
captured, pregnant, by the Indians and who walked home to freedom over 600
miles along the Ohio River.
Debi wrote:
This is a great request and I also would be interested in responses
as
family members were in PA during this time period.
Debi
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I'm looking for recommendations on books that will tell me about life in the
U.S. and it's territories from 1700-1850. My primary interest is PA, but I
have a more global interest in population centers, immigration patterns, and
internal migration across the U.S. (and territories). I'm curious about the
routines of daily life during this period, and the nature and circumstances
of the people who populated the country. My hope is that I can get
recommendations on books that convey a factual picture, but are written for
the lay person rather than solely for the academician/historian (IOW, I want
to get a "sense" of life in those days, but not a ton of socio-economic
statistics).
Thanks.Drew Blackwell
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