by Janice Holt Giles (Author)
In the novel Hannah Fowler, Janice Holt Giles created a pioneer woman who would, In Giles's words, ""endow her own physical seed with her strength and courage, and her own tenderness and love."" First published in 1956, this work is the second in Giles's series of historical novels on Kentucky, which includes The Kentuckians and The Believers. Samuel Moore and his daughter Hannah set out for the border country with a party led by George Rogers Clark but left to follow the Kentucky River to Boones
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Samuel Moore and his daughter Hannah set out for the border country with a party led by George Rogers Clark but left to follow the Kentucky River to Boone's Fort. As the story opens, Hannah is nursing her father, injured when an axe slips and cuts his leg.