Gnesee set during the American War of Independnce by Juliet Waldron

 

 

Genesee by Juliet Waldron

 

Genesee begins in 1761, when Mynheer Hendrik van Cortlandt, younger son of a wealthy, powerful Dutch family, leaves his resentful bride to  travel down the Mohawk River to Genesee. He is in pursuit of his fourteen-year-old sister, Alyda, who eloped with Black Wolf, a Senecca brave. His sister dead, he returns to the frontier with her infant daughter, and a load of beaver pelts.

The novel moves forward to The War for American Independence, which has a profound influence on the baby, when she is a beautiful girl named Genesee aka Jenny.  

Ms Waldron’s story which moves the heroine from privileged life in Albany New York, to the frontier, and  a Senecca camp. She experiences luxury, extreme hardship, captivity, and prejudice because she is a ‘half breed’.

When Jenny and Captain Alexander Dunbar meet, they cannot foresee many severe trials that lie ahead. From the beginning to the end of this novel I hoped it would end happily.

I congratulate s Waldron on writing Genesee, which I don’t hesitate to recommend. It deserves my 5 out of 5* review.

 

Available from https://bwlpublishing.ca/waldron-juliet. To Genesee  click on a book cover to be taken to your favourite online book store.

 

 

 

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