The Panther Indian Pact: One Boy's Courage to Be a Friend during the Civil War

by Ann Kronwald

Overview

Eleven-year-old Marty is downright tired of being afraid. With a panther attack haunting his memory, Confederate soldiers hiding just south of his farm in New York, and the biggest bully this side of the Appalachians eager to destroy the crops and pummel his hide, there's plenty to fear. He needs a real weapon-an Indian bow. And it wouldn't hurt to have a friend either-one who would share his dream of being brave, one crazy enough to fight alongside him, one who'd stick with him whether or not they shared the same skin color. But when tragedies plop the responsibility for the family farm square on Marty's shoulders and give the bully a chance to destroy everything, will a bow, a friend, and The Panther Indian Pact give him the courage to face his sworn enemy?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781736215210
Publisher:	Orchid Lane Press
Publication date:	02/15/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	204
File size:	485 KB
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Ann Kronwald is a freelance writer whose articles appear in magazines and anthologies in the US and abroad. Among her awards are first place in the Writers-Editors Network International Writing Competition and second place in Today's Christian Living Writing Contest. The back-porch swing is her "happy place," especially if the person gliding next to her shares her love for yellow-bell blooms, dark chocolate, or made-up dances. Ann is native to Arizona but traces her ancestry to the very farm in New York which serves as the setting for The Panther Indian Pact.

Table of Contents

Day One at the Schoolhouse

Confederate Threat

Charley Bill's Corn

Put Outside

Picking Stones

Three's a Crowd

Rolling Pumpkins

Corn Cutting and Differences

Swim Hole Visit

The Promise

Father Packs the Wagon

Milking with Uncle Billy

Planting with Uncle Billy

The Family Returns

Carvers' School

Picking Enemies

Squirrel Hunting

The Tuscarora Tribe

Troop Sendoffs

Educating Slim

Will's Call to Come

The Tree Swing

The Fallow Burn

Bow Field on Fire

Tip Leaves for War

The Indian at Church

A Letter from Tip

A Husking Bee

The Buckeye Mower

Turner Faces the Bow

A Broken Mower

A Severed Friendship

Death of a Panther Indian

Marty Prepares the Barn

The Final Stand

The Choice

Freedom

A Real Indian