It's good representation of life in the Indiana territory during the Revolutionary War, when the Wild West was still this side of the Mississippi River. I'm surprised that the book isn't read today in high school. But at the end of the book she learns that she now has to be a mature lady. She shoots, she fences, she reads books, she's athletic. Before that Alice is every bit the modern heroine I love. Only the final two chapters turn to sentimental mush. I really enjoyed it and looked forward to each chapter. But it's a very entertaining adventure book also. As soon as I started reading this book I was worried I had stumbled on another romance novel. Alice of Old Vincennes was the number ten best seller in 1900 and jumped to number two for the following year.
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