Torn Between Two Worlds: Books 1 & 2: For the Love of an Indian Woman & Sally's Sacrifice

By Richard Parker

Sally of the Shoshonis is born near the headwaters of the Green River (Wyoming) in the 1820s, and at a tender age is kidnapped and taken to St. Louis. At age fifteen, Sally escapes, fleeing 1,600 miles alone towards her Rocky Mountain home, a feat we believe unequaled in American history. She swims a Missouri River tributary, escaping pursuit by amorous rogues. On the trail, Sally falls in love with two famous mountain men, both friends. Later, hunted by a vengeful renegade, she struggles to raise her half-Indian daughters in an age of lethal prejudice as her world dies around her. Sally's story shows how one woman can change the course of history, while at the same time, having her story lost to history...until now. Elijah Ward, age 20, a Shakespeare-quoting Virginian, leaves his home for the Rocky Mountains. Mentored by Jim Bridger, Elijah escapes 100 Blackfoot raiders alone in an unbelievable race for his life. A knight errant, he marries the beautiful and intelligent Sally of the Shoshonis. Their tender courtship destroys the myth that unions between mountain men and Indian women were superficial liaisons. More so, they know that theirs is a union beyond themselves, a union of nations-but nations rushing to war. Sally is swept up in that war, as Elijah rides hard to head off the army and rescue Sally in time....

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505382734
• ISBN13: 9781505382730
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.0"