Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949.

The forest and the fort / Hervey Allen - New York : Rinehart & Company ; 1943 - viii, 344 p. : col. front. (port.) ill. ; 22 cm.

Salathiel Albine, a white child who has lived with the Shawnee Indians from a young age chooses to reidentify with his white parentage after spending some time with a preacher who helps him relearn English. Story points up to cultural differences which made Indian-White conflict inevitable as settlers pressed westward.

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American fiction