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Essay Archive - Follow the River: Thom versus Original Account
Follow the River: Thom versus Original Account
Follow the River, written by James Alexander Thom, was based on the
capture of Mary Draper Ingles by a group of Shawnee Indians and the escape
that followed her captivity. It was a somewhat accurate account of the
events that may have happened during her long journey to and from the
Shawnee village. These similarities are very beneficial because it gives
the reader a sense of the factual side of the journey. Thus, the reader is
able to understand how hard a life the frontier people had to live.
However, there are a few deviati....
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