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Taken from the safety of her family out of the Fort Nashborough area of the western portion of the North Carolina territory by Native Americans looking for scalps for the British and for white slaves for themselves, Mary Neely never gives up on the idea of returning to her family. This story is based on the true history of Mary Neely, captured by Native Americans after having witnessed the murder of her father, and her courageous journey home.--Source...
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Presents an English translation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past.