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    Into the Wilderness: The Long Hunters
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    Into the Wilderness: The Long Hunters

    By Rosanne Bittner

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    Set in 1750's Pennsylvania, INTO THE WILDERNESS depicts life in the Allegheny Mountains and the Northeast at the beginning of the French and Indian War. Noah Wilde is a "long hunter," a man who hunts game for settlements and forts and is sometimes gone for months at a time.

    Sixteen-year-old Jessica Matthews is attacked by Ottawa Indians and is saved by Noah, who is wounded in the encounter. As Noah recovers at Jessica's mountain cabin, he and Jessica fall in love, but Noah, who is secretly spying for the English government, has a mission to fulfill and is forced to leave once he recovers.

    Noah's role in an earlier French versus English battle forces his imprisonment, and he is unable to return to Jessica in time to save her and her family from an Indian attack that leaves her parents and brother dead and sees Jessica captured by Delaware Indians.

    After his release, Noah is sent on a new mission with a young George Washington, and when he discovers what happened to Jessica, he leaves to search for her. He once again risks his life to free her.

    Although Noah and Jessica are fictitious characters, INTO THE WILDERNESS is filled with real history, characters, and adventures that depict the courage and determination necessary for the birth and growth of the United States of America.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMar 14, 2003
    ISBN9781466801738
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    Into the Wilderness: The Long Hunters
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    Rosanne Bittner

    Published since 1983, Rosanne Bittner is known nationally and internationally, with 58 titles and several million books in print. Rosanne writes historical romance and sagas involving real American history, especially stories about America’s Old West and its Native Americans. Rosanne has won numerous writing awards and has been inducted into romance magazine Affaire de Couer’s Hall of Fame for longevity and endurance in the market and for overall appeal to readers. She has received numerous favorable reviews in Publishers Weekly, and was a finalist for Women Writing the West’s prestigious WILLA award for her novel Where Heaven Begins, set in the Yukon during the gold rush. In 2012 romance magazine Romantic Times named Rosanne a "Legend of Historical Romance." Rosanne is a member of the Nebraska and Montana State Historical Societies, Women Writing the West, Western Writers of America and Romance Writers of America (Mid-Michigan Chapter). Rosanne and her husband Larry live in southwest Michigan and have two sons and three grandsons. Locally Rosanne is a Board member of the Coloma Lioness Club, a charity organization. You can learn more about Rosanne and her latest publications through her web site, her blog, and by visiting her on Facebook and Twitter. Rosanne also contributes to numerous writers’ sites, such as Goodreads, and a number of blog sites.

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    • 3/5
      Into the Wilderness is the first installment in Rosanne Bittner's American West series. This first story begins in the midst of the French and Indian war, and features Noah Wilde, Long Hunter and spy, fighting along side the French and reporting back to the English. On his way back to Virginia to deliver news of a French victory and massacre, Noah comes upon Jessica Matthews in the forest as a group of Native Americans attack her. Noah and Jess save each other's lives and begin a difficult romance.

      I enjoy historical fiction, but haven't read any historical romance in awhile. I picked this one up based on a description at NoveList, but ended up torn on my rating. The details of this bloody time in American history are well-researched and chilling. Bittner paints a fascinating scene of colonial life, with portrayals of Native Americans that are fully-formed and three dimensional - these are no mere cigar store Indians. The Native Americans in Bittner's novel are a proud, fierce and untamed people, with motives and loyalties that are as fundamental as those of the colonists.

      Bittner also introduces the reader to many notable characters from American history, such as Virginia's Governor Dinwiddie, a young George Washington scouting for the British, and the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. Including these characters gives Into the Wilderness depth and showcases the deeds of these men, for good and sometimes evil.

      The only real problem I had with Into the Wilderness was the romance. The main characters fell in love unbelievably quickly and with no real exposition, and the rest of their story was rushed. I also had some problems with the narration and dialog. For example, Jess says, "You're bad wounded mister." to Noah on page 28, then on page 77 she's say, "I know with all my being that he would be a loyal, caring, protective husband." when talking to her mother - only a couple of days have passed but Jess seems to have acquired better diction seemingly overnight. It's subtle, I know, but it bugged me.

      Into the Wilderness is a good story overall and I'll probably pick up the other books in the series eventually, but I'm in no hurry. The historical aspects of the novel were first rate and interesting, I just wish the author had taken more time with her main characters to build a more realistic relationship.
    • 4/5
      An excellent read. I will be looking for more by this author.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book. Although it is fiction, it really gives you a glimpse of what our ancestors faced, what life was like back then. Its sometimes hard to imagine as we are hooked up to our cell phones, Blackburrys, and iPods.