This book absolutely blew me away. It's one of the best historical novels I've ever read. Told in well-researched and sometimes excruciating detail, it chronicles the incredible journey of Mary Ingles over almost 1000 miles of uncharted wilderness back to her family after being kidnapped by Shawnee Indians. The writing is superb and puts you right in the middle of the action. You'll feel as if you are stumbling along with Mary as she climbs mountains, scales cliffs and endures freezing temperatures with only one blanket to fend off the cold.

I cannot reccommend this book highly enough.

This is an unbelievable story. It makes you really think about what a person can endure. Thom is a great storyteller. You are engrossed, you feel like you're part of the story. I could hardly put this book down and I've read it several times over. The other Thom books I have read are the same.

Based on the true account of the odeal of Mary Ingles after being kidnapped by Indians and her miraculous escape. After suffering unspeakable horror she manages to escape only to begin another battle to find her way home. Couldn't put it down!

This book is based on an actual woman who was kidnapped by indians and taken to live with them. The rest is the author's imagination about what happened. The story kept me on the edge of my seat and was hard to put down. This would be a book on my top 10 list. I recommended this book for my reading group and they loved it.

This is my all time favorite book. I have never read a book twice, except for this book and I have read it three times over about a period of 10 years.

Mesmerizing story of capture and return journey of pregnant woman in 1775.

This is one of my favorite books! He's an excellent writer and the historical background and story are intriguing! Hard to put down!

Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her people.

5 star. Woman gets kidnapped by Indians, pre revolution war. She escapes, follows the river home with friend.

I can't believe that so many people rave about this book. I found it to be tediously painful to read. Trudge, trudge, trudge; bad thing happens. Trudge, trudge, trudge; bad thing happens. I admit that it took tremendous strength and courage to live through all that happened. It just was all so depressing. Thom's writing is cliche strewn and his Native Americans are portrayed as if they are straight out of a 50's western. I read this book because it was recommended by several relatives. I bought a few Thom books, read this one and got rid of all the others because I thought this was so poorly written.

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This is the second time I have read this book, the first time 15 year ago. It is a very moving story of the survival of Mary Ingles escaping from the Shawnees and making her way back to her husband and civilization.

What a powerful and painful story of the human spirit and the choices one must make to survive. Even though Mary Ingles survived her ordeal I find myself heartbroken by the choices she had to make. This book will haunt me.

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