Either she and her children would emerge from that wilderness together, or none of them would…
In 1774, the Ohio-Kentucky frontier pulses with rising tension and brutal conflicts as Colonists push westward and encroach upon Native American territories. The young Inglesby family is making the perilous journey west when an accident sends Philip back to Redstone Fort for help, forcing him to leave his pregnant wife Clare and their four-year old son Jacob on a remote mountain trail.
When Philip does not return and Jacob disappears from the wagon under the cover of darkness, Clare awakens the next morning to find herself utterly alone, in labor and wondering how she can to recover her son…especially when her second child is moments away from being born.
Clare will face the greatest fight of her life, as she struggles to reclaim her son from the Shawnee Indians now holding him captive. But with the battle lines sharply drawn, Jacob’s life might not be the only one at stake. When frontiersman Jeremiah Ring comes to her aid, can the stranger convince Clare that recovering her son will require the very thing her anguished heart is unwilling to do–be still, wait and let God fight this battle for them?
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Many Sparrows
Book Author: Lori Benton
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"We don't get the eagle's view. Sometimes we look around and it's like being hemmed by a thicket of thorns. But it's there."
Clare Inglesby's birth pains were a prologue to the grief that she was yet to bear; trapped alone in the wilderness without her husband, her son, or a wagon that would roll, she is forced to suffer the indignity of a stranger's hands bringing her infant daughter into the world. Learning that her husband was brutally ambushed and scalped by a Mingo warrior, who more than likely kidnapped her four year old son under the cover of darkness, Clare vows to follow frontiersman Jeremiah Ring, to the ends of the earth, if it means being reunited with her son, assuming that he is still alive.
Jeremiah Ring happens upon tragedy along the trail while ferrying messages back and forth between local Indian tribes and the governor of Virginia's representatives. English by birth, but now Shawnee by circumstance, his heart is torn between duty and compassion when he peers into the desperate green eyes of Clare Inglesby. Knowing that the journey ahead of them will be difficult, Jeremiah relies on his faith as a guide, especially when the details of young Jacob Inglesby's whereabouts are fully revealed. What will it take to convince Clare to wait on the Lord, to let Him come to her rescue, rather than relying solely on her own understanding?
In classic Lori Benton style, this story exudes rich and symphonic descriptions of peoples, places, and lifestyles that are but a faint wisp of smoke in our nation's history, but unwittingly reveal some of the deepest truths, if we, "Don't go judging the Almighty by (our) own understanding. We're rarely given eyes to see the whole of what He's doing in our lives . . . . . That's why we are called to walk by faith, not by sight".
I was given a copy of this book by the author. The opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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