PositiveThe New York Times Book Review\"Pearl meticulously reconstructs this world of tribes and settlers, caught between British and American military ambitions ... a fascinating picture of frontier Kentucky in which, contemporaneously with incidents of violence and atrocities, Native Americans and settlers intermarried, raised interracial offspring, traded, shared survival skills and changed alliances, as all struggled to survive ... Pearl...has a tendency to interject essential historical context into the story rather abruptly, diverting us from the characters and events at hand. New characters are introduced frequently, together with their back stories—even in the midst of action scenes, such as those recounting Boone’s pursuit of the three girls—with the result that the suspense is punctured and narrative momentum is lost ... To his credit, Pearl resists oversimplifying a history that has been too often presented as a frontier romance, showing us that it is as much about the women, children and Native Americans who played a part in it as the famous men who ensured it would be remembered.
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