Warrior Woman: The Exceptional Life Story of Nonhelema, Shawnee Indian Woman Chief - Hardcover

Rain, Dark; Thom, James Alexander; Thom, Dark Rain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0345445546 ISBN 13: 9780345445544

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2003

Synopsis

Reluctantly entering the battle when Virginia settlers attack her tribe's homeland, Shawnee Women's Peace Chief Nonhelema works to negotiate an armistice with such individuals as Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark, only to find herself estranged from her people and betrayed by her white adversaries.

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Review:

Praise for James Alexander Thom
and Sign-Talker

"Very readable, fresh, original, and vivid."
-LARRY MCMURTRY

"James Alexander Thom is one of the finest historical novelists writing today. He knows how to tell a cracking good yearn, cares passionately about getting his history right, and has a gift for illuminating those forgotten but fascinating corners of the American past with sheer storytelling power."
-JOHN SUGDEN
Author of Tecumseh: A Life

"Excellent . . . It is at once an adventure story [and] a historical document . . . Even though many readers know the story of Lewis and Clark, Thom's novel will give them new insight."
-The Indianapolis Star (4-star review)

"The majesty of the scenery, the wonder of the stately tribes who greet, and menace, the expedition and the expedition's mix of soldiers, ne'er-do-wells, and French traders all combine to produce a strong novel about the days when Missouri was at the edge of the map."
-The Kansas City Star

"This great journey halfway across a wilderness continent and back has never been told so compellingly, with so much dignity and wisdom, as in Sign-Talker."
-SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS
Author of Hunting for Hope

From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author:

James Alexander Thom was formerly a U.S. Marine, a newspaper and magazine editor, and a member of the faculty at the Indiana University Journalism School. He is the acclaimed author of Follow the River; Long Knife; From Sea to Shining Sea; Panther in the Sky, for which he won the prestigious Western Writers of America Spur Award for best historical novel; The Children of First Man; The Red Heart; and Sign-Talker. He lives in the Indiana hill country near Bloomington with his wife, Dark Rain, of the Shawnee Nation, United Remnant Band. Dark Rain is a member of the National Council, which is planning the Lewis and Clark bicentennial celebration.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0345445546
• ISBN 13: 9780345445544
• Binding: Hardcover