The classic adventure story by a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author. True Son had been born into a frontier family, but all he could remember, all that he loved, was Native American. Now, at fifteen, he was ordered to go back to the white man, whom he had learned to hate. Where did he belong--and where could he go?
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The classic adventure story by a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author. True Son had been born into a frontier family, but all he could remember, all that he loved, was Native American. Now, at fifteen, he was ordered to go back to the white man, whom he had learned to hate. Where did he belong--and where could he go?
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Add this copy of Light in the Forest to cart. $99.99, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1953 by Knopf.
Written in 1953, The Light in the Forest is a historical novel set in colonial Pennsylvania in the 1760s. True Son, the main character, was captured and adopted into a Native American family as a baby. However, as a result of a prisoner exchange, he returns to his white family after living with his adopted family for fifteen years. Much of the book depicts True Son's struggle with adjusting to his birth family and white culture. Additionally, the Native American perspective of white encroachment and settlement of Indian lands is one of the underlying themes of the book. As a language arts/social studies block teacher, I think The Light in the Forest is a good book for teaching two of the many types of conflict found in literature: man versus man and man versus self. In sum, this is a well-crafted book in which the internal conflict of the main character is not satisfactorily resolved.
jmj10462
Jun 13, 2013
EXCELLENT BOOK - ONE OF MY FAVORITES
I have had a paper-back copy of this book many times, however, I have always had difficulty in obtaining a hard-cover copy of this book in the past, until recently. I highly recommend this book
as it is one of my favorites --- the story is about moral conduct in a Native American family and how situations should be handled. The plot is simple and very well told. The book is an easy read and moves along rapidly. I recommend this book highly.
