Hannah Fowler Paperback – August 18, 1992

The Shawnees and the Cherokees associated themselves in both resistance and brutality. Daniel Boone is in a chapter by reference only; readers looking for information about "Dannel" would not need to read this book. As far as the life and times of Hannah Fowler, the way her father died, styles of courtship, Indian threats, the trials of weather, and animal husbandry, Janice Giles proves to be a genuine historian who happens to be telling the personal narrative of a fictional character. This is the enjoyable novel that has given away since the 1950s to fluff and dare I say political correctness. Editors and publishers everywhere should bring this style of craftsmanship back.If the book does have a flaw or two, it may be in the dialogue, with all of the "H'it"s and "allus"s and folksy misspellings. I believe all of the pioneers to have had an intellectual quality that, for one, did not melt down all speakers to the same colloquialisms and also did not reduce dialogue to simple philosophy or routine observations. Tice and Hannah and their two married neighbors may appear too industrious and angelic to fit into those rough Kentucky times. Giles is correct to show how tireless and cooperative the main characters are. Near the end of the book, with all they had been through, I feel the pioneer spirit has, or should have had, another side.Not having read any other Giles at this point, I can promise I will. It is worth noting that a novel about a heroine and about roles, about defying and changing roles, does not automatically equate to a woman who defies marriage, her husband, or her sexuality. Not just a survivor, Fowler is a hero in more ways that one. What she had accomplished before chapter 20 takes on a new shape that speeds up the conclusion of the book.

JANET HOLT GILES COMBINES EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF THE "FOWLER" LINE, BEGINNING WITH Hannah Fowler AND CLIMAXING WITH Savannah.WITH ITS COMPLEX PLOT TRACKING A FOWLER DESCENDANT IN INDIAN COUNTRY. MANY READERS OF JANET HOLT GILES BEGIN WITH The Believers AND MISS THE POWERFUL PLOT IN Hannah Fowler WHO WITH HER HUSBAND TRAVEL BY FLOATING DOWN THE OHIO RIVER FROM PENNSYLVANIA , THEN UPSTREAM ON THE KENTUCKY RIVER TO THE REGION OF BOONESBORO. Hanna Fowler FINDS HERSELF A WIDOW BRAVELY FINISHING THE PRIMITIVE SHELTER, EVEN WITH THE RISKS OF INDIAN ATTACKS. Fowler BECOMES HER NEW LAST NAME AND YOU WILL ENTER THE FRONTIER WORLD AND GLADLY ENTER THE KENTUCKY RIVER COMMUNITY LIFE OF TWO CENTURIES AGO. THE DAUGHTER BORN THERE WILL CONTINUE AS THE CENTRAL FIGURE IN The Believers, AND HER PROGENY IN Johnny Osage, Voyage to Santa Fe, Six Horse Hitch, AND Savannah. AUTHOR, JANET HOLT GILES GREW UP IN OKLAHOMA. The Plum Thicket IS LIKELY SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL IN CHILD Katie, AND RECALLED AS A MIDDLE-AGED ADULT, Katherine Rogers, WHO RETURNS TO EXPLORE THE BIG HOUSE AND The Plum Thicket.

This is a wonderful story. It’s about a pioneering woman braving the wilds of Kentucky. I’m so pleased with the condition of this book and the price.

This book makes the struggle of Kentucky settlers very interesting and understandable. The story made me proud to be from Kentucky.

if you want to know what it was like to really live in the time of boone and all those others that made us, read this book, its not new but a great book, very interesting read. you feel like you are there with them in joy and terrible fear, cold, hunger. its like opening the door to a log cabin at that time teling us how they where so proud of everything they made, even the chickens are an event. so settle back and enter their world love this book.

One of my all-time favorites...I don't often read a book more than once, but for some reason this one has always just grabbed me. I ordered this one because my paperback copy had lost a few pages and I just have to own it so I can read it again!

much better than I expected--though all the stereotyped action of early pioneer stories is there, the NON stereotypical protagonists and the masterful handling of the frontier action make this book well worth reading.

Some years ago I read Hannah Fowler. I loaned it out one too many times. The last time it did not come back. Can you believe I forgot the title!? When the name popped back into my head the library suggested Amazon. SuzyQbooks had a hardback copy and sent it out that very day. Needless to say I am very pleased except I have not got to read it yet.

It was interesting and well written. It gave an insight on pioneer life as well as being entertaining. I enjoyed the story and it will certainly keep your interest if you enjoy stories of the early days in America. Hannah's life was hard and at times sad but she is not unhappy and does have some adventures. I have read other books by the same author and enjoyed them very much too.