Light A Distant Fire - Softcover

Robson, Lucia St Clair

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345325486 ISBN 13: 9780345325488

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1988

Synopsis

Recreates the world of the proud Seminole Indians of the Everglades, in a tale of Osceola, the great Seminole chieftain, as he is remembered by his daughter and wives, and his heroic attempts to save their native land

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From the Inside Flap:

no illusions that the struggle would be an easy one. But after years of humbly acquiescing to the white men's demands, he was ready to fight no matter what the cost. The young men would have the chance to earn war honors. Their women would have reason to be proud of them again.
When "Old Man" Jackson declared war on the Seminole, he never envisioned battling a people who would become symbols of courage, loyalty, and patriotism. Led by the mighty warrior Osceola and witnessed by his beloved daughter Little Warrior, they were men and women fighting an unjust war of greed and aggression -- and the bonds of love and rebellion that united them would thrust them into the heart of a conflict that would change the world and their lives forever.
"Robson is especially good at detailing the daily life of the 19th Century Seminoles and her Osceola is a charismatic and proud hero." -- The Orlando Sentinel

About the Author:

Osceola has been Lucia St. Clair Robson's hero from fourth grade on. She went on to become a Peace Corps Volunteer, a teacher, and a librarian. After her first novel, Ride the Wind, appeared on the New York times best seller list, she began writing full time. While researching Light a Distant Fire, she revisited the wilderness she remembered from childhood, and explored the rivers and mangrove swamps where she had camped, canoed decades earlier.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0345325486
• ISBN 13: 9780345325488
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432