HOLD TIGHT THE THREAD

The final book of the Tender Ties Historical Series finishes Marie Dorion Venier Toupin's story. Although the story is fictional, the backdrop is true to history and involves the conflict among the different cultural groups on the French Prairie in the newly formed Oregon Territory. Marie, an Ioway Indian, was the first woman to settle in the Oregon territory. Now in the last decade of her life, she's trying to make peace in a conflict-ridden time. Narrator Barbara Rosenblat tells this saga with her usual award-winning skills. Her voice conveys Marie's fortitude as she weaves her family into a strong, bold tapestry of love. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE/JULY 05]