Lone Feather and the Settlers A History of Naperville, Illinois

"Lone Feather and the Settlers" is a poignant American story set in the 19th century when the country was expanding and pushing back the frontier. The conflict-and the eventual resolution-between the native tribes who occupied the land and the settlers who came to claim it are captured in three firsthand accounts. Each chapter-story is told by a different woman: Lone Feather, a fictitious Pottawatomie woman; Almeda Naper, wife of settler Captain Joseph Naper; and Hannah Ditzler, a schoolteacher who was born and lived for ninety years in the town known as Naperville, and whose diaries first inspired this book. It is a captivating story for readers of all ages, giving individual voices to the history of our country as it developed westward.Yonker, Margaret Barnes is the author of 'Lone Feather and the Settlers A History of Naperville, Illinois', published 2006 under ISBN 9781425942632 and ISBN 1425942636.