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The Second Bend in the River

by Ann Rinaldi · 1997

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Rebecca Galloway is a busy pioneer girl in the Ohio Territory. Over the years, her friendship with Tecumseh, the respected Shawnee chief, grows into love. Rebecca must choose a future on her family homestead, or with the man she loves.

Genre
historical fictionromance
Themes
american historychildhoodnative american
Setting
ohio
Subject
history
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
medium · 279 pages

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