• Ilene Shepard Smiddy
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• About the Author
  

  Ilene Shepard Smiddy is a Missouri native whose veins flow with some Cherokee blood, and whose heart beats with the Cherokee spirit. She has had a lifelong interest in Native American history, and early settlers of Missouri. This, her first novel, is based on the true story of one of these pioneer women.
   
  After a long career of travel and customer service with Trans World Airlines, she retired in rural Missouri to fulfill her dream of writing, and to spend time with her three grandchildren--Casey, Cheston, and Claira Jane.
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• Daughter of Shiloh
  FICTION | HISTORICAL
  

  The novel documents the early life of Clarinda Allington. Taken captive during an Indian raid in 1793, Clarinda grew to womanhood amongst the Cherokee. She married a powerful chief, and bore him three children. Later, learning her family survived, Clarinda struggled between love for the chief, his people, and the desire to reclaim her lost culture. What Clarinda did not know was, through the years, all attempts to find her were thwarted by the cunning chief. Discovering that he arranged her capture, feeling betrayed, she devised an ingenious plan of escape. Clarinda returned to poverty, enduring prejudice and bigotry against her Indian children. Her indomitable spirit, devotion to duty, and her faith helped her rise above adversity and begin anew.
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