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Escape Along the Oregon Trail by F. Eugene Barber

A young girl is captured by a Cheyenne in the 1840s and held captive until she escapes around age 18 -- tells of some of her life with the Indians and how she planned her escape.
There is romance later. She is helped by a soldier after her escape.
They take the Oregon Trail and build a ranch after he returns from the Civil War.

She is tracked by the Cheyenne warrior who was to be her husband, to Oregon Country--she hides and kills him when he tries to capture her and take her back to the tribe.

Her husband and his troopers are trapped in an Idaho blizzard--she rides into the mountains and saves them.

The story evolves and tells of the ranch, her children, etc. Very historically accurate


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 %
Western Yes
Story primarily about - fighting Injuns

Main Character
Gender - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - jealousy
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes
Forest? Yes
Prairie? Yes
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - ranch - lots of descript of animal care

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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