The Light in the Forest - Softcover

Richter, Conrad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553268783 ISBN 13: 9780553268782

Publisher: Starfire, 1990

Synopsis

Four-year-old John Butler is captured by the Delaware Indians and is adopted by one of the tribes leaders. Suddenly, after 11 years among the Delaware people, he is forced to return to his original home and parents by the Boquet military expedition of 1765. But his deep love for and loyalty to his Indian parents and his cousin Half Arrow, is his reason for rejecting the white man's civilization.A fifteen-year-old white boy raised by the Lenape Indians is returned to his people under the terms of a treaty

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RO20071610. THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST.. Non daté.. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 117 pages. 1ère de couverture illustrée en couleurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Review

" Rebellion, glowing vitality. . . . The spirit of the wild frontier. . . . An absorbing story, marked by Richter ' s uncanny skill in recapturing the atmosphere of the past. " - The New York Times Book Review
" Memorable . . . Richter tells the story with [a] glowing passion for unspoiled nature. . . . It is impossible to doubt the detailed . . . accuracy of the picture. " - New York Herald Tribune
" Good reading for anyone curious about the past of our country. " - The Yale Review

Rebellion, glowing vitality. . . . The spirit of the wild frontier. . . . An absorbing story, marked by Richter s uncanny skill in recapturing the atmosphere of the past. The New York Times Book Review
Memorable . . . Richter tells the story with [a] glowing passion for unspoiled nature. . . . It is impossible to doubt the detailed . . . accuracy of the picture. New York Herald Tribune
Good reading for anyone curious about the past of our country. The Yale Review"

-Rebellion, glowing vitality. . . . The spirit of the wild frontier. . . . An absorbing story, marked by Richter's uncanny skill in recapturing the atmosphere of the past.- -The New York Times Book Review
-Memorable . . . Richter tells the story with [a] glowing passion for unspoiled nature. . . . It is impossible to doubt the detailed . . . accuracy of the picture.- -New York Herald Tribune
-Good reading for anyone curious about the past of our country.- -The Yale Review

"Rebellion, glowing vitality. . . . The spirit of the wild frontier. . . . An absorbing story, marked by Richter's uncanny skill in recapturing the atmosphere of the past." -The New York Times Book Review

"Memorable . . . Richter tells the story with [a] glowing passion for unspoiled nature. . . . It is impossible to doubt the detailed . . . accuracy of the picture." -New York Herald Tribune

"Good reading for anyone curious about the past of our country." -The Yale Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Starfire
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553268783
• ISBN 13: 9780553268782
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback