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Article: Durrant, Lynda. Betsy Zane; the rose of Fort Henry.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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- March 1, 2003
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Random House, DellYearling. 198p. bibliog, c2000. 0-440-41834-8. $4.99. J
To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2000:
The best thing about this historical novel is how rooted it is in a remarkable true story. The setting is 1781, on the Western frontier (in those times, the Ohio River) at Fort Henry, which is now Wheeling, WV. Philadelphia, where Betsy lives with her great-aunt, is described in some detail, as is Betsy's journey west to Pittsburgh and on to join her brothers at Fort Henry when she is 13 years old.
The frontier at that time was a diplomatic mess, as Indian tribes, the British, and the American settlers ...