The Captives - A Novel

Fascinating History,Breathtaking Adventure,and Unique Jewish HeroismA young man searching for adventure - and gold. TwoJewish children kidnapped and raised by a tribe of Cherokee.A riverboat gambler tasked with raising the Torah-observant children of his late wife. Rochel Istrin, author of the bestselling novel Hidden,now takes us on a remarkable journey of adventure and self-discovery. Set against the backdrop of America's wild westand pre-Civil-War South, we will meet a host of beautifullyportrayed characters, each searching for their loved ones who weretaken captive - and each searching also for their own destiny.From a wagon train traveling endless miles over the GreatPlains to a Cherokee village; from a Southern plantationto a sinister and deadly Louisiana bayou; from an elegantsteamboat plying the waters of the Mississippi River to anIndian canoe caught in raging whirlpools, here is a story thatis both exciting and thought-provoking, a page-turning, heart-stopping and totally un