The Johnston Chronicles
Marla Fair
THE BOOKS
“The places and people in the following stories have been represented accurately to the best of my ability; yet my writing is supposed to be a tale, and as in any historical novel, my own imagination has blended with fact to create poetical reality. ” Eric Sloane
Book Two: A MEASURE TAKEN
It is the year 1812. Portents of doom strike fear in the hearts of those who dare to live on the Ohio frontier. From the darkening of the sun to the earth rumbling beneath their feet, with the threat of Indian hostilities in the West and British invasion from the North, many are threatening to pull up stakes and return east. One man stood between them, John Johnston, who by sheer strength of will and character sought to stop this unstoppable tidal wave of fear.
If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.
John Johnston was about to find just how much he had to give....
Book One: In the Midst of Danger
In the Midst of Danger is inspired by the true story of John and Rachel Johnston.
In 1802 John Johnston and his young bride, Rachel, left Philadelphia, headed for Fort Wayne deep in the heart of the Indian Territory. They knew the journey would be perilous, but they did not expect that, once they had reached the safety of the fort, they would find themselves...
In the Midst of Danger.
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