But with the battle lines sharply drawn, Jacob’s life might not be the only one at stake. especially when her second child is moments away from being born.Ĭlare will face the greatest fight of her life, as she struggles to reclaim her son from the Shawnee Indians now holding him captive.
When Philip does not return and Jacob disappears from the wagon under the cover of darkness, Clare awakens the next morning to find herself utterly alone, in labor and wondering how she can to recover her son.
Her distinct and compelling voice seizes the reader and holds them captive until the last line of this remarkable book. Lori Benton writes with a colorful, spirited pen. The young Inglesby family is making the perilous journey west when an accident sends Philip back to Redstone Fort for help, forcing him to leave his pregnant wife Clare and their four-year old son Jacob on a remote mountain trail. Burning Sky A Novel of the American Frontier By: Lori Benton Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins Release date: 04-01-15 Language: English 149 ratings Regular price: 31. Burning Sky is a powerful account of a white woman born Wilhelmina Obenchain who lived as Burning Sky, a daughter of a Mohawk clan. In 1774, the Ohio-Kentucky frontier pulses with rising tension and brutal conflicts as Colonists push westward and encroach upon Native American territories. Either she and her children would emerge from that wilderness together, or none of them would…
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