Full name: The Red Heart: A Novel

Author: James Alexander Thom Year: 1997 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780345364715 0345364716

The Slocum family of Northeastern Pennsylvania are the best of the white settlers, peace-loving Quakers who believe that the Indians hold the Light of God inside. It is from this good-hearted family that Frances is abducted during the Revolutionary war. As the child's terror subsides, she is slowly drawn into the sacred work and beliefs of her adoptive mother and of all the women of these Eastern tribes. Frances becomes Maconakwa, the Little Bear Woman of the Miami Indians. Then, long after the Indians are beaten and their last hope, Tecumseh, is killed, the Slocums hear word of their long-lost daughter and head out to Indiana to meet their beloved Frances. But for Maconakwa, it is a moment of truth, the test of whether her heart is truly a red one. Similar books: The Goldsmith's Wife by Jean Plaidy The Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley The Children of First Man by James Alexander Thom The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw Revenge of the Rose by Nicole Galland People of the Sea by W. Michael Gear Let the Drum Speak by Linda Lay Shuler The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan Taking Liberties by Diana Norman Daughters of Fire by Barbara Erskine A Catch of Consequence by Diana Norman Theodora by Stella Duffy Conqueror by Conn Iggulden The Warrior's Princess by Barbara Erskine From Sea to Shining Sea by James Alexander Thom The Help by Kathryn Stockett A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah