The Forest Primeval - Henderson, Jack
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The Forest Primeval by Jack Henderson Living freely as a Native American teen on an isolated Wisconsin reservation, Will Jarrett finds her life suddenly upended in January, 1969. Taken into the foster home of a Chicago-based lawyer, she struggles to accept her new surroundings. Even worse, she is the sole surviving member of her tribe and her foster father begins to pressure her about taking over control of her land. Unhappy at home and in school, she finds solace in exploring her athletic talents with her sympathetic coach. Just as she starts to fit in, she is abducted. She escapes and seeks…mehr

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The Forest Primeval by Jack Henderson Living freely as a Native American teen on an isolated Wisconsin reservation, Will Jarrett finds her life suddenly upended in January, 1969. Taken into the foster home of a Chicago-based lawyer, she struggles to accept her new surroundings. Even worse, she is the sole surviving member of her tribe and her foster father begins to pressure her about taking over control of her land. Unhappy at home and in school, she finds solace in exploring her athletic talents with her sympathetic coach. Just as she starts to fit in, she is abducted. She escapes and seeks shelter in her original home among the primeval forest of towering trees. Can she be the fierce defender of her ancestral land that she was born to be?
Autorenporträt
Jack Henderson grew up in the southwest corner of Chicago before moving to the nearby suburb of Burbank, Illinois. At age 14, he started running and participated in track and cross country throughout his high school and college years. After college, he supported his career as a folk singer and entertainer by tending bar, painting houses, making donuts, working in factories, and other assorted activities. At various times during those years as a singer, he lived in Austin, Texas, Boulder, Colorado, and Los Angeles, California. He returned to school in the 1980s, earning a master's degree, then a Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Florida.He finally got his first "real" job teaching and coaching at a private girls' high school in Nashville, Tennessee. He began writing during summer vacations. The Forest Primeval is his first novel. He lives with his wife and pursues his writing career in the idyllic town of River Falls, Wisconsin.