Moses,
 
I like the books by James Alexander Thom.
 
 "Follow the River"  (a novel about the capture and escape of  Mary Ingles.  
A good bit is devoted to the topography of Western  Virginia, following the 
New River, eventually back to today's Virginia).
 
Also by Thom:  "From Sea to Shining Sea," the story of the Clark  
Family--George Rogers Clark, the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
 
His earliest book was "Long Knife,"  about George Rogers Clark.
 
"Panther in the Sky" - the story of the Shawnee Tecumseh and his  brother.  
Set primarily in the Ohio Valley
 
"Warrior Woman" - the story of Nonhelema, sister to Cornstalk of the  Seneca. 
 She was their peace chief but when 3,000 Virginians attacked, she  went into 
battle.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/22/2008 3:38:19 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
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If we  are going to put the mail list system to a test, can I ask a 
question that  would help me decide what to buy for my library this 
summer.  I would  like to read historical fiction in addition to my usual 
diet of  non-fiction this summer.  I just bought the Allen Eckert books.   
Would you please give me some ideas for really good historical fiction  
that would lend insight into other parts of Virginia.  Marsha in  WV

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