The Fireglass: A Pioneer Tale of the Ohio Valley
By Louise Zimmer and Scott Zimmer
()
About this ebook
Peter Shamokin is a young man who comes of age amid neglect and sorrow in the high-risk environment of the frontier of the New World in the late eighteenth century. He drifts into a life as a lone hunter and trapper, sharing supplies with a succession of men who are as loveless and homeless as he is.
Despite the hard existence, Peter finds some solace and contentment. He possesses a fireglass, a gift given to him by a trader for a favor, which serves as both a magnifying glass and a fire starter. Through hardships and injuries, the fireglass serves as a good luck charm that carries him through to safety. Then, one day, Peter rescues a baby from among the remains of her murdered family in the wreckage of a flatboat. He names her Dinah and resolves to take care of her, and from that moment on, his life forever changes. Although history is being made in the Ohio Valley, Peter manages to slip unscathed through its pagesuntil those events touch Dinah.
In this novel, a hunter living in the Ohio Valley in the 1700s has two treasures that give his life purpose: the fireglass and the baby he rescues and raises as his own.
Louise Zimmer
Louise Zimmer was a well-known historian, storyteller, and author of the Ohio Valley. She lived in Marietta, Ohio where she worked at the Washington County Public Library as reference librarian and head of the History and Genealogy Department for eighteen years before retiring in 1992. She was the author of several books, a newspaper column, and a long-running radio series. She died in 2015, leaving a legacy of historical knowledge told through passionate storytelling.
Related to The Fireglass
Related ebooks
Tales of Trail and Town Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Piece of Me: My Childhood in Wartime Bavaria Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Walk My Hill Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHaunted Flint Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurder at Wisteria Pines Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMore than an Actor: The Story of Peter H. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSunshine and Shadow of Slave Life: Reminiscences As Told by Isaac "Uncle Ike" to "Tege" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSunshine and Shadow of Slave Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIola Leroy (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): Or Shadows Uplifted Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5100 Years of Brotherly Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCaptivity of the Oatman Girls: Being an Interesting Narrative of Life among the Apache and Mohave Indians Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIola Leroy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPretty-shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death of a New American: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man Who Fell From the Sky: The Bizarre Life and Death of '20s Tycoon Alfred Loewenstein Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSitting Up with the Dead: A Storied Journey through the American South Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Historic Haunts of Savannah Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Lynnwood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Heart Grows Wide Within Me: The Story of Anah and Standing Cloud Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeside the Rio Hondo: A Memoir of Rural New Mexico Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIola Leroy; Or, Shadows Uplifted. Illustrated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIola Leroy: Or, Shadows Uplifted Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Lizard in a Blizzard: The Lezard Family Chronicles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHaunted Providence: Strange Tales from the Smallest State Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Haunted St. Paul Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Haunted History of Delaware Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn the Shadow of the Cypress Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Through the Eyes of Frank Tumbolt: Lunch Time Novels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHaunted Lower Eastern Shore: Spirits of Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSunday Cosmopolitans: Sunday Cosmopolitans, Intimate Friends & Brilliant Minds from Bygone New York Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Historical Fiction For You
Rebecca Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This Tender Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Second Life of Mirielle West: A Haunting Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We Have Always Lived in the Castle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5East of Eden Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Eve Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sold on a Monday: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lady Tan's Circle of Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book Woman's Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yellow Wife: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Carnegie's Maid: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Island of Sea Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Red Tent - 20th Anniversary Edition: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5That Bonesetter Woman: the new feelgood novel from the author of The Smallest Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I, Claudius Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kitchen House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Einstein: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Euphoria Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House Is on Fire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sisters Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tinkers: 10th Anniversary Edition Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Girls in the Stilt House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rules of Magic: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Magic: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Fireglass
0 ratings0 reviews