Thieving Forest

On a humid morning in 1806, seventeen year old Susanna Quiner watches helplessly from behind a tree while a band of Potawatomi Indians kidnaps her four older sisters from their cabin With both her parents dead from Swamp Fever and all the other settlers out in their fields, Susanna rashly decides to pursue them herself What follows is a young woman s quest to save her sisters and the parallel story of her sisters new lives Over the next five months, Susanna tans hides in a Moravian missionary village escapes down a river with a young native girl discovers an eccentric white woman raising chickens in the middle of the Great Black Swamp and becomes a servant in a Wyandot village longhouse The man who loves her, Seth Spendlove, is in pursuit after he realizes that his father was involved in the kidnapping Part Potawatomi himself but living a white man s life, Seth unwittingly sets off on his own quest to reclaim his birthright He allies himself with a Potawatomi named Koman, one of the band of men who originally abducted the Quiner sisters, but who now wishes to make his own retribution Together they canoe through the Black Swamp and into enemy territory looking for Susanna, and while they travel Koman teaches Seth about their shared heritage Fast paced and richly detailed, Thieving Forest explores the transformation of all five sisters as the Quiners contend with starvation, slavery, betrayal, and love It paints a fascinating new picture of pioneer life among Native American communities, while telling a gripping tale of survival. Best Read [ Thieving Forest ] Author [ Martha Conway ] – kino-fada.fr Susanna and her four sisters have recently lost their parents to Swamp fever They decide to continue their small store that is attached to their house out in the wilderness Then the sisters are taken in an attack from a group of Potawatomi as Susanna hides After the abduction Susanna takes off after her sisters and their abductors The story takes Susanna to a weird Missionary village where she stays for a few months and then into the Black Swamp That Black Swamp and all that Susanna does Susanna and her four sisters have recently lost their parents to Swamp fever They decide to continue their small store that is attached to their house out in the wilderness Then the sisters are taken in an attack from a group of Potawatomi as Susanna hides After the abduction Susanna takes off after her sisters and their abductors The story takes Susanna to a ...I love me some old timey, pioneer type stories Tribes of natives, living off the land, seeing the promise of Murrica paying off, or tasting it sour in one s mouth all that speaks to me And this story did not fail to deliver exactly what I was looking for.A gaggle of recently orphaned women are taken all secret like by a bunch of natives What follows is a story of attempted rescue, of severe and forced adaptation, and of redemption or lack thereof I loved it The descriptions of how I love me some old timey, pioneer type stories Tribes of natives, living off the land, seeing the promise of Murrica paying off, or tasting it sour in one s mouth all that speaks to me And this story did not fail to deliver exactly what I was looking for.A gaggle of recently orphaned women are taken all secret like by a bunch of natives What follows is a story of attempted rescue, of severe and forced adaptation, and of redemption or lack thereof I loved it The descriptions of how day to day life had to be hardcore scraped up from the earth, the superstitions of not only the tribes but also the whites, I was delighted by it all.Really, the only problems I had with this book stemmed from characters inability to see things from another point of view There have been many times when a fight s a brewin between my ladylove and I, but I abort that thing early by simply viewing things from her perspective, and cancelling out the o...Loved the story Wasn t crazy about the narrator Lacked emotional depth to her voice, although her pronunciation of tribal names was beautiful Probably would be best enjoyed just reading oneself The storyline was wo...2.5 5It s always so disappointing when you come across a book with a great idea but poor execution Unfortunately that was the case with this book, I found the plot to be super interesting, but it just wasn t enough to make up for the amateur writing and poor charac...A good read about a group of sisters trying to survive alone after their parents are taken by swamp fever When her sisters are captured by Indians, Susannah, the sister who is left makes it her mission to find out their fate A fast moving and interesting where things are not as they appear on the surface Life in a mission camp and of course the thieving woods Just not sure a young girl would have set out virtually alone during this time period Still the authors includes enough history and A good read about a group of sisters trying to survive alone after their parents are taken by swamp fever When her sisters are captured by Indians, Susannah, the sister who is left makes it her mission to find out their fate A fast moving and interest...3.5 stars This was my selection fromPrime Reading, whatever that is I knew I had not read a novel involving a number of sisters ending up as Indian captives, so I thought it worth a gamble My favorite part of this is the weight of my e reader Carrying loads of hardback books is hard on my back, I must admit So half a star awarded for my physical comfort Let me say that I am not familiar with the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction, but this book won that The 3.5 stars This was my selection fromPrime Reading, whatever that is I knew I had not read a novel involving a number of sisters ending up as Indian captives, so I thought it worth a gamble My favorite part of this is the weight of my e reader Carrying loads of hardback books is hard on my back, I must admit So half a star awarded for my physical comfort Let me say that I am not familiar with the North American Book Award for Best Historical Fiction, but this book won that The family running a store in the challenging region in Ohio of the Great Black Swamp back in the early 1800 s has a string of tragedies Moving from theirstable life in Philadelphia, the father wished to be in the great open spaces Bad decision First the parents die of swamp fever, leaving behind 5 daughters to fend for themselves A nasty neighbor who wants the store for himself arranges for Indians to capture four of the girls When the oldest sister discovers what has happened she launches... Thieving Forest is an ancient forest crowded with decrepit elms and maples and oak, too many of them fallen for a comfortable crossing, a place settlers generally go around rather than through It got its name after a band of Sauk Indians tried to hide some stolen horses there Severne sits on its southern edge like a fly on the rim of a saucer On the other side of the forest lies the Great Black Swamp a dark wooded bog nearly the size of Connecticut and beyond that is Lake Erie Rumors Thieving Forest is an ancient forest crowded with decrepit elms and maples and oak, too many of them fallen for a comfortable crossing, a place settlers generally go around rather than through It got its name after a band of Sauk Indians tried to hide some stolen horses there Severne sits on its southern edge like a fly on the rim of a saucer On the other side of the forest lies the Great Black Swamp a dark wooded bog nearly the size of Connecticut and beyond that is Lake Erie Rumors circulate about the unholy creatures that make their home in the Black Swamp swine wolves, frogs with fins and teeth, Naomi has even heard that there are bands of backward men living among its stunted trees, and that there is no end to it, and no sunlight within, and no food. p 13 Near the beginning of this very interesting historical novel, we are introduced to the setting which will become as important as any character The five red haired Quiner girls li...The story is compelling and the history is interesting but I couldn t quite connect with any of the sisters, except Susanna A harrowing journey to find her kidnapped sisters leads Susanna through dangers of the wilder...Thanks to Martha Conway for this Goodreads give away and a sneak peak at her new novel It s no secret that I love Historical Fiction, so I was very happy to win this book, but it was so much better than I was expecting This is the story of a family of 5 girls living in a small village in 1806 Their parents have just recently passed Another younger sister has been living in Philadelphia with an aunt and the girls are trying to decide whether to stay and try to run the family store or leave Thanks to Martha Conway for this Goodreads give away and a sneak peak at her new novel It s no secret that I love Historical Fiction, so I was very happy to win this book, but it was so much better than I was expecting This is the story of a family of 5 girls living in a small village in 1806 Their parents have just recently passed Another younger sister has been living in Philadelphia with an aunt and the girls are trying to decide whether to stay and try to run the family store or leave and join their sister in Philly We get a quick glimpse of their personalities and how they interact, and then danger arrives as four of the older girls are kidnapped by Indians Susanna, 17, is left behind and she quickly rallies, determined to go after her sisters The story iscomplex than a simple Indian abduction, the family has had good relations with the natives, there isbeneath the surf...This book hit a lot of marks for me Pioneer living by white and native Americans in the wilds of Ohio in 1805, check Adventure tale involving snake bites, starvation, slavery, cruelty, kindness from unexpected quarters, and courage, check Strong women characters meeting challenges and overcoming difficulties, check Well researched, well written historical fiction, check.The bare bones of this novel begins with the kidnapping of the 4 Quiner sisters, witnessed by the 5th sister, Susanna, who This book hit a lot o...

• English
• 14 January 2018
Martha Conway
• Paperback
• 407 pages
• 0991618505
• Martha Conway
• Thieving Forest