Wilderness Adventure Author:Elizabeth Page A sound historian and chronicler, absorbed in period, background and atmosphere, Elizabeth Page writes of Indian capture, conflict for the Mississippi Valley, interracial hates and intersectional strife, in the story of "the Howards of Virginia". This is an earlier period of British colonialism than [her previous book about the Howards] "Tree of... more » Liberty," in which John Howard and his son set out to trace a girl, captive of marauding Indians. Adventures, separations, reunions --this is excellent wilderness adventure. [from Kirkus reviews, 1946]« less