Ticonderoga: A Story of Early Frontier Life in the Mohawk Valley
1854
Ticonderoga: A Story of Early Frontier Life in the Mohawk Valley
1854
The Mohawk Valley in the mid-18th century: a borderland where civilization presses hard against wilderness, and survival demandsconstant vigilance. G.P.R. James unfolds the story of the Prevost family, eking out a precarious existence in a modest frontier home, where the rituals of tea and hospitality coexist with the ever-present threat of Native American raids. Mr. Prevost, a man caught between his longing for the refinements of the old world and the harsh necessities of frontier life, raises his two children, spirited Edith and protective Walter, with equal parts love and anxiety. When a handsome young stranger arrives at their door, the family's quiet equilibrium is disrupted, sparking curiosity in Edith and suspicion in her brother. As tensions rise with neighboring tribes and the shadows of conflict gather, James crafts a vivid portrait of frontier existence: the loneliness, the danger, and the fragile humanity that persists against the edge of the wilderness. For readers who cherish historical novels that transport them to another America, rough, beautiful, and strange, this remains a compelling window into how our ancestors lived at the margins of the known world.
