tandable language, except some of the dialogue because, he made the dialogue in accents, like for the Dutch women he made a Dutch dialogue and for Mary an Irish dialogue, but to me that made the book more realistic to the reader. While reading the authors notes I noticed that Thom had to write this story from the stories that Mary Ingles told her son, she really never had a diary or anything because she was illiterate so, the story was just passed down from generation to generation, but the people who found(so called rescued) Mary Ingles wrote some of the incidents that she told them when she was found so, that is the only written records of her time, and a lot of the records and documents were destroyed in fires the Ingles family had at their homes over the ages. But it was pleasing to know that James Alexander Thom took the same trail that Mary Ingles took over 250 years ago to get the same experience she had, also he up rooted many letters and documents the family had saved up over the years about the 1,000 mile journey. And not having any information about the Old Dutch lady he had to make up the character of the old woman making her a little crazier than she probably was. Thom got most of his information from a book that was written about the Virginia pioneers in 1886 by Dr. John P. Hale who was the great grandson of Mary Ingles and a historian. John P. Hale retrieved most of his information from the written accounts his father made(John Ingles), who had heard the story many a times from his parents(Mary Ingles and Will Ingles).The book Follow The River inspires many of its readers to accomplish all of their goals in life because it can be done if they put their minds to it. I recommend that any person should read this book, it inspires your spirit, it lifts your soul, and it gives you an awe of life....
