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| Ghost Fox (A Harvest Book) | 
 enlarge | Author: James A. Houston
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $22.97
New (1) Used (5) from $10.90
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 823412
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 324
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0156347245
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780156347242
ASIN: 0156347245
Publication Date: May 7, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: 1 G
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Product Description
A novel that shares a time and place with The Last of the Mohicans, relating the experiences of a young woman caught in the fury of the French and Indian Wars. Seventeen-year-old Sarah Wells is taken from a New Hampshire farm by Abnaki Indians and renamed "Ghost Fox." Line drawings by the Author.
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Excellent book March 7, 2007
I too read this book years ago, in the first flush of youth, some 20 odd years ago. The story has stayed with me ever since. It's a wonderful, wonderful book with memorable characters. I have often thought it would make for a great film but then again, what do I know? Do read this book, you won't regret it.
GRIPPING Story!! January 15, 2007
I read this book about twenty-five years ago, in a Reader's Digest condensed book. Since my mom had all the condensed books from the early 60s to the late 70s, including the young adult books, the fiction, and the biographies, I couldn't find the story again. I've been searching for it for years, and my brother just located it here on Amazon. I'm looking forward to reading the full version.
As a pre-teenager, the books I read about the Indians were biased: savages that took over homes and villages. MAYBE two people in a book (as in Caddie Woodlawn) would see some value in the Indians, but even they saw them as, again, savages. This book, geared toward adults, opened my eyes to the fact that the Native Americans had their land stolen and had much to offer to the "civilized" people if we'd only give them a chance.
I'm so delighted to have re-discovered this book!! By using the "Search Inside This Book" feature, I confirmed that it was, indeed, the same story I devoured at age 12 or 13. I recommend it; please note that a pre-teenager was able to understand and enjoy this book more than two decades ago, so your kid might enjoy it, too.
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE... December 27, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a captivating story that will appeal to those who love well-written historical fiction. The author has a decided flair for epic storytelling, as the reader will be riveted to this wonderfully told tale of abduction, slavery, and love. It is the story of Sarah Wells, a seventeen year old settler from the colony of New Hampshire, who is forcibly captured by a party of Abnaki Indians, sympathetic to the French, during the time of the French and Indian Wars.
Taken to their village where she is made to live the life of a slave, Sarah develops a loving relationship with the Taliwan, the gentle son of the old Abnaki Indian woman to whom she had been given in slavery. It is her relationship with Taliwan that would eventually become a pivotal one in her life.
The book is rich in the details of her life with the Abnaki, ground in the context of the times and the French and Indian Wars. It is the story of two worlds and the ways that Sarah Wells finds to straddle both. She ultimately must choose, however, one over the other. It is a choice that will eventually be a test her love.
This is an action packed story that will keep the reader turning the pages of the book until the very last. I loved this book when I first read it about twenty five years ago. In reading it again, time has not diminished this wonderfully told story.
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE.... June 20, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a captivating story that will appeal to those who love well-written historical fiction. The author has a decided flair for epic storytelling, as the reader will be riveted to this wonderfully told tale of abduction, slavery, and love. It is the story of Sarah Wells, a seventeen year old settler from the colony of New Hampshire, who is forcibly captured by a party of Abnaki Indians, sympathetic to the French, during the time of the French and Indian Wars.
Taken to their village where she is made to live the life of a slave, Sarah develops a loving relationship with Taliwan, the gentle son of the old Abnaki Indian woman to whom she had been given in slavery. It is her relationship with Taliwan that would eventually become a pivotal one in her life.
The book is rich in the details of her life with the Abnaki, ground in the context of the times and the French and Indian Wars. It is the story of two worlds and the ways that Sarah Wells finds to straddle both. She ultimately must choose, however, one over the other. It is a choice that will eventually be a test her love.
This is an action packed story that will keep the reader turning the pages of the book until the very last. I loved this book when I first read it about twenty five years ago. In reading it again, time has not diminished this wonderfully told story.
 One of my favourite books! April 24, 2000
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
It's an amazing saga about fear, hate, love and war. The heroine, Sarah, is abducted from her colonial home by Abnaki indians. At first she fears them but after a while she learns to understand them. I have read this book several times (both in Swedish and English) and now I have my own copy of it - and I love it!
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