This book was more of a spiritual great awakening of Abigail, and in some aspects, John. A faithful Christian, he consistently does his best to do what the Lord expects from him. He has a daughter from a previous marriage, since his wife had been killed. John is a kenspeckle (Hi, Lynne!) Scotsman,a responsible family man, and a good provider. This was an interesting detail about Abigail, and I would have liked to learn more about herbal medicines used back in that time. She reads books about botany and herbals, and makes quite a useful collection of them to keep nearby when she needs to use them. Abigail is talented in using natural herbs to heal people. This is also about a Scottish frontiersman, John Russell, who needs to marry again, and about a woman, Abigail Williams, who finds out her faith is not all she thinks it is. Lynne Basham Tagawa does have an eye for story continuity and adding pertinent content to tie the history neatly with the fiction. The Shenandoah Road is about traveling through the pristine woods in order to get back home, and about encountering dangers, real life situations, and how they were resolved. Lynne Basham Tagawa’s book, The Shenandoah Road, is an impressive story about what life was like in America during the mid-1700s.
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