num_pages: 406
description: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “It takes a rare individual not only to see that history can live, but also to make it live for others. James Thom has that gift.”— The Indianapolis NewsMary Ingles was twenty-three, 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.
language: English
title: Follow the River
titlecomplete: Follow the River
characters: Will Ingles, Johnny Draper, Elenor Draper, Dunkard's Bottom, Mary Draper Ingles, Adam Harmon, Philip Lybrook, William Ingles, Colonel Patton, Blue Ridge, Henry Lenard, Mary Ingles, Bettie Draper, Gander Jack, Mister Harmon, Captain Wildcat, Otter Girl, Casper Barrier, Bettie Elenor, Snake Stick, John Ingles, Captain Buchanan, Colonel Washington
genres: Adventure, Historical, Adult, Adult Fiction, American History, Survival, Historical Fiction, Westerns, Fiction, Book Club
ratings_count: 20639
places: The United States of America
publisher: Ballantine Books