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Tuscarawas: An historical novel
A novel of Christian Indians and their Moravian missionaries in the period July 1782 to June 1783. In this year they were beset by many difficulties as they were caught in the crosshairs of the contending forces of the American Revolution.
281 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1988
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January 13, 2024
As a lifelong resident of Tuscarawas County, I was thrilled to find this novel hiding in the stacks of the Tuscarawas County Public Library Main Branch amongst all the big names of contemporary fiction.
I was quickly pulled into the lives of these Christians who walked the same fields and trails I have along the Tuscarawas River. Having visited Schoenbrunn and the massacre site in Gnadenhutten many times, the devastating action of the page came to life, while I hoped for an ending other than the one I knew.
Would I rate it 5 stars as a piece of literature if I didn’t live here? Maybe not, but I truly appreciate the historical accuracy of the novel and the creation of a believable fictional character who whose presence makessense at all the major historical events covered in the novel.
I was quickly pulled into the lives of these Christians who walked the same fields and trails I have along the Tuscarawas River. Having visited Schoenbrunn and the massacre site in Gnadenhutten many times, the devastating action of the page came to life, while I hoped for an ending other than the one I knew.
Would I rate it 5 stars as a piece of literature if I didn’t live here? Maybe not, but I truly appreciate the historical accuracy of the novel and the creation of a believable fictional character who whose presence makessense at all the major historical events covered in the novel.
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