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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Song of courage, song of freedom Song of courage, song of freedom Marilyn Seguin Details the kidnapping, captivity, and return of an Ohio girl by Delaware Indians in the eighteenth century. OL14868406W
A country of strangers A country of strangers Conrad Richter A chronicle of a white girl captive of the Indians returned against her will to her white home. Her reception here, her and her son's rejection by her Caucasian father and her sister, and the conflic… OL15835542W
Trouble's Daughter Trouble's Daughter Katherine Kirkpatrick Grade 7 Up-In this rich and engrossing fictional account of actual events, nine-year-old Susanna is captured by the Lenape after witnessing the massacre of her family and spends the next four years a… OL1818894W
Moon of two dark horses Moon of two dark horses Sally M. Keehn At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, hoping to keep bloodshed away from their valley, a twelve-year-old Delaware Indian boy and his white friend search sacred land for the bones of a legendary … OL1865132W
Beaded Moccasins Beaded Moccasins Lynda Durrant After being captured by a group of Delaware Indians and given to their leader as a replacement for his dead granddaughter, twelve-year-old Mary Campbell is forced to travel west with them to Ohio. OL1896450W
The Light in the Forest The Light in the Forest Conrad Richter A white boy, captured by Native Americans, grows to his teens as an Indian, is then forced by treaty to return to his white family. Needless to say, he has a tremendously difficult time adjusting. Em… OL1960079W
A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder “This work, which covers a space of sixty-eight years, from the first commencement of the Moravian labors among the red men to the death of the venerable Zeisberger, must still be considered in a his… OL2040786W
The white deer and other stories told by the Lenape The white deer and other stories told by the Lenape John Bierhorst A collection of origin tales, tales of prophecy, stories of heroic children, and dog stories. Presents the Native American literary heritage of the Northeastern States. OL20476002W
Winter storytime Winter storytime Rita T. Kohn A retelling of a Lenape (Delaware Indian) traditional tale of how the "kokolesh" (rabbit-tail) game was first made by a young boy. OL3511159W
The adventure of Christian Fast The adventure of Christian Fast Don Oakley In this novel set at the end of the American Revolution and based on a true story, Christian Fast is captured and adopted by Delaware Indians and faces conflicting loyalties as he takes part in a cam… OL4619860W
The PROMISE The PROMISE Kasey Michaels (The third book in the Crown Family series) Eighteen-year-old Brianna barely remembers her "cousin" Daniel. The adopted half-Lenape son of the marquess, privy to one of the finest fortune's in Eng… OL548328W
Promised land Promised land Steven Craig Harper 164 pages : 24 cm OL5829570W
The deerslayer The deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper The Deerslayer is the last book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, but acts as a prequel to the other novels. It begins with the rapid civilizing of New York, in which surrounds the followi… OL77950W