The Light in the Forest
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The Light in the Forest is a novel first published in 1953 by U.S. author Conrad Richter. Though it is a work of fiction and primarily features fictitious characters, the novel incorporates several real people and facts from U.S. history.
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| Author | Conrad Richter |
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| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Adventure NovelHistoric NovelYoung Adult NovelComing-of-Age Novel |
| Publisher | Vintage Books |
| Released | 1953 |
| Pages | 180 |
| ISBN | 1-4000-7788-5 [1] |
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[edit] Synthosis
When John Cameron Butler was a child, he was captured in a raid on the Pennsylvania frontier and adopted by the great warrior Cuyloga. Renamed True Son, he came to think of himself as fully Indian. But eleven years later, his tribe, the Lennie Lenape,has signed a treaty with the white men and agreed to return their captives, including fifteen-year-old True Son. Now he must go back ti the family he has forgotten, whose language is no longer his, and whose ways of dress and behavior are as strange to him as the ways of the forest are to them.[2]
This novel inspired the film The Light in the Forest (1958).
[edit] Characters
True Son (or John Cameron Butler) is the main character of The Light in the Forest. The fifteen-year-old was shortly kidnapped by a tribe in Delaware after his birth. True Son was then raised by his adopted Indian father, Cuyloga. For eleven years, True Son has idolized his father who has told him that he is a full blooded Indian. Cuyoga has trained True Son for almost his entire life lessons of stregnth and patience, however, True Son has never been trained for the ordeal that would soon face him. Near True Son's eleventh birthday, his tribe sighned a treaty that would agree to let their captives free. At this point, True Son thought his life was over, and considered suicide by eating the roots of a May Apple tree. Although he was set a good example from his father, being the teenager that he is, his rebelous and stubern-like attitude led people to think the wrong way of him. True Son was not a trouble maker, he was just opinionated and proud of what he believes to be his real home.[3]
[edit] Quotes
Memorable....Ritcher tells the story with [a] glowing passion for unspoiling nature....It is impossible to doubt the detailed...accuracy of the picture.
[edit] References
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/lightforest/facts.html
