{"product_id":"follow-the-river-9780345338549","title":"Follow the River","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \"It takes a rare individual not only to see that history can live, but also to make it live for others. James Thom has that gift.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Indianapolis News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Ingles was twenty-three, happily married, and pregnant with her third child when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement in 1755 and kidnapped her, leaving behind a bloody massacre. For months they held her captive. But nothing could imprison her spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the rushing Ohio River as her guide, Mary Ingles walked one thousand miles through an untamed wilderness no white woman had ever seen. Her story lives on--extraordinary testimony to the indomitable strength of one pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her own people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Alexander Thom\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFollow the River, Long Knife, From Sea to Shining Sea, Panther in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he won the prestigious Western Writers of America Spur Award for best historical novel), \u003ci\u003eSign-Talker, The Children of First Man, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Red Heart\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613446902034,"sku":"9780345338549","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_45249c1e-8168-4c5c-884a-c071fe76c51f.jpg?v=1732401834","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/follow-the-river-9780345338549","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}