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Into the Wilderness
By: Sara Donati , Jennifer BarretteBook Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Dell Publishing
Series: The Bonner Family #1
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Reader Review: This is truly a sprawling historical saga, the beginning of a series of such. I first read it because it was blurbed by (and compared to) Diana Gabaldon. The setting is the wilderness of New York in 1792. Elizabeth Middleton has left her home in England to join her father, and to teach in the school he has promised to build for her. Her father has other plans for her; namely marriage to a rich neighbor. Elizabeth has no interest in the neighbor, but he finds herself fascinated by Nathaniel Bonner, a white man with close family ties among the Indians. I enjoyed this one a lot, though I thought at times the narrative got a bit long-winded. There were passages that felt a lot like filler, but overall it was an enjoyable romance and a good read. I was a bit confused about the Nathaniel Bonner character, though. His father, Daniel Bonner, is nicknamed "Hawkeye" and has an adopted Indian father named Chingachgook, reminding one of THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, but that Hawkeye was named Natty Bumpo, wasn't he? But for some reason, I can't stop picturing Daniel Day-Lewis when I'm reading this book.
Weaving a vibrant tapestry of fact and fiction, Into the Wilderness sweeps us into another time and place...and into the heart of a forbidden, incandescent affair between a spinster Englishwoman and an American frontiersman. Here is an epic of romance and history that will captivate readers from the very first page.
When Elizabeth Middleton, twenty-nine years old and unmarried, leaves her Aunt Merriweather's comfortable English estate to join her father and brother in the remote mountain village of Paradise on the edge of the New York wilderness, she does so with a strong will and an unwavering purpose: to teach school.
It is December of 1792 when she arrives in a cold climate unlike any she has ever experienced. And she meets a man different from any she has ever encountered--a white man dressed like a Native American, tall and lean and unsettling in his blunt honesty. He is Nathaniel Bonner, also known to the Mohawk people as Between-Two-Lives.
Determined to provide schooling for all the children of the village--white, black, and Native American--Elizabeth soon finds herself at odds with local slave owners. Much to her surprise, she clashes with her own father as well. Financially strapped, Judge Middleton has plans for his daughter--betrothal to local doctor Richard Todd. An alliance with Todd could extract her father from ruin but would call into question the ownership of Hidden Wolf, the mountain where Nathaniel, his father, and a small group of Native Americans live and hunt.
As Judge Middleton brings pressure to bear against his daughter, she is faced with a choice between compliance and deception, a flight into the forest, and a desire that will bend her hard will to compromise and transformation. Elizabeth's ultimate destiny, here in the heart of the wilderness, lies in the odyssey to come: trials of faith and flesh, and passion born amid Nathaniel's own secrets and divided soul.
Interweaving the fate of the remnants of the Mohawk Nation with the destiny of two lovers, Sara Donati's compelling novel creates a complex, profound, passionate portrait of an emerging America.
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| Title of eBook: Into the Wilderness | Series: The Bonner Family, , #1 |
| Release Date: 09-01-2010 | |
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| Publisher: Dell Publishing |
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Into the Wilderness
"I have a question for you."
"Yes, Mr. Bonner?" She did not raise her head.
"Will you please say my name?" he said with an intensity which caused gooseflesh to rise on her arms.
She hesitated. "Nathaniel."
"Look at me and say my name."
Elizabeth looked up slowly.
Nathaniel saw in her face an overwhelming confusion. He saw that she had never stood like this with a man, that she had never imagined doing so, and that she was flustered and even a bit frightened, but not unhappy to be here with him.
"What did you want to ask me?"
"How old are you?"
Elizabeth blinked. "Twenty-nine."
"You've never been kissed, have you?" The white cloud of his breath reached out to touch her face. His hands jerked at his sides but he kept them where they were. Now she would tell him to mind his own business, and he could put this woman out of his head.
"Why?" said Elizabeth, raising her eyes to his with a critical but composed look. "Do you intend to kiss me?"
Nathaniel pulled up abruptly and laughed. "The thought crossed my mind."
Her eyes narrowed.
"Why do you want to kiss me?"
"Well," Nathaniel said, inclining his head. "You seem set on going back to England, and the Mahicans say that you should never return from a journey the same person."
"How very thoughtful of you," she said dryly. "How benevolent. But please, do not discommode yourself, on my account." She began to turn away, but Nathaniel caught her by the upper arm.
"Now I, for one, hope you do...
"Yes, Mr. Bonner?" She did not raise her head.
"Will you please say my name?" he said with an intensity which caused gooseflesh to rise on her arms.
She hesitated. "Nathaniel."
"Look at me and say my name."
Elizabeth looked up slowly.
Nathaniel saw in her face an overwhelming confusion. He saw that she had never stood like this with a man, that she had never imagined doing so, and that she was flustered and even a bit frightened, but not unhappy to be here with him.
"What did you want to ask me?"
"How old are you?"
Elizabeth blinked. "Twenty-nine."
"You've never been kissed, have you?" The white cloud of his breath reached out to touch her face. His hands jerked at his sides but he kept them where they were. Now she would tell him to mind his own business, and he could put this woman out of his head.
"Why?" said Elizabeth, raising her eyes to his with a critical but composed look. "Do you intend to kiss me?"
Nathaniel pulled up abruptly and laughed. "The thought crossed my mind."
Her eyes narrowed.
"Why do you want to kiss me?"
"Well," Nathaniel said, inclining his head. "You seem set on going back to England, and the Mahicans say that you should never return from a journey the same person."
"How very thoughtful of you," she said dryly. "How benevolent. But please, do not discommode yourself, on my account." She began to turn away, but Nathaniel caught her by the upper arm.
"Now I, for one, hope you do...
Title: Into the Wilderness September 22, 2010 This is truly a sprawling historical saga, the beginning of a series of such. I first read it because it was blurbed by (and compared to) Diana Gabaldon. The setting is the wilderness of New York in 1792.
Average Customer Review:
Number of Comments: 1 Rating(s) 1 Review(s)
a good read
Reviewer: A reader from Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Middleton has left her home in England to join her father, and
to teach in the school he has promised to build for her. Her father has
other plans for her; namely marriage to a rich neighbor. Elizabeth has
no interest in the neighbor, but he finds herself fascinated by
Nathaniel Bonner, a white man with close family ties among the Indians.
I enjoyed this one a lot, though I thought at times the narrative got a
bit long-winded. There were passages that felt a lot like filler, but
overall it was an enjoyable romance and a good read. I was a bit
confused about the Nathaniel Bonner character, though. His father,
Daniel Bonner, is nicknamed "Hawkeye" and has an adopted Indian father
named Chingachgook, reminding one of THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, but that
Hawkeye was named Natty Bumpo, wasn't he? But for some reason, I can't stop picturing Daniel Day-Lewis when I'm reading this book.
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