Title: An independent spirit
Description: In 1774, a fourteen-year-old Quakeress makes a daring all-night ride to warn General Skinner that Lord Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, is headed toward the Outer Banks--threatening her home and beloved ponies.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Ponies, Quakers
Places: North Carolina, Outer Banks (N.C.), United States
People: John Murray Dunmore Earl of (1732-1809)
Time periods: Revolution, 1775-1783