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New in the Bestselling SPIRIT OF APPALACHIA!The American Revolution may have ended, but life for the settlers of the land over the Appalachian Mountains was hardly settled. British attempts to drive the Americans out of the land and hostilities with the Cherokees put a tremendous strain upon the inhabitants.Nathaniel "Fox" Carter, part-Cherokee, finds himself caught in the region's increasing unrest. When he decides to explore his ancestry, he is befriended by Hannah Spencer, who tries to help him discover who he is and where he belongs. Little does he know that forces from both sides of his heritage are conspiring toward his destruction.Will Hannah be able to convince Carter that working for the cause of war is not the right path to follow?

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 octobre 1999
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441234643
Langue	English

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The Spirit of Appalachia, Book 4
Beneath the Mockingbird’s Wings
Gilbert Morris and Aaron McCarver
© 200 by Gilbert Morris and Aaron McCarver
Published by Bethany House Publishers 11400 Hampshire Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota 55438 www.bethanyhouse.com
Bethany House Publishers is a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan www.bakerpublishinggroup.com
Ebook edition created 2012
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopying, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
ISBN 978-1-4412-3464-3
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Cover by Dan Thornberg
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my two brothers-in-law, Danny Bradford and Kenny Slatton.
Danny, I have never heard you say a word in anger to my sister or to your children. You may not always say a lot, but your actions speak volumes to all around you.
Kenny, you brought love back to my sister’s life after circumstances seemed to take it away. I can only pray I am able to do the same for anyone God brings across my path.
You are both so special to me. Thank you for making sure that my nieces and nephews are being raised in Christian homes. Thank you for taking care of my sisters and becoming a part of our family. But mostly, thank you for accepting me, not just as a brother-in-law, but as a true brother!
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Character List
Prologue
Part I: A Home Lost
1. Home at Havenwood
2. Nathanael’s Birthright
3. Annabelle’s Party
4. Secret Plans
5. Flight From Havenwood
6. Escape to the Frontier
Part II: To Dwell in Franklin
7. The New State of Franklin
8. Fox’s New Home
9. A Home With Christ
10. Of Children and Grandchildren
11. Trouble at Martin Academy
12. Christmas in Franklin
13. Sarah and Drusilla
14. A Visit From the Governor
15. Meeting at Dumplin Creek
16. Plots and Schemes
Part III: No Place to Call Home
17. The Foxes Have Holes
18. A Summer With the Cherokee
19. Hannah’s Birthday
20. Another Fight
21. Song of the Mockingbird
22. Gifts for Hannah
Part IV: A Home With Christ
23. Setting Traps and Playing Games
24. Enter Andrew Jackson
25. Warpath!
26. Race at Greasy Cove
27. Attack!
28. Naaman Arrives in Franklin
29. To Hunt a Fox
30. Ethan’s Dilemma
31. The Battle of Flint Creek
32. Fox’s True Home
Epilogue
Notes to Our Readers
About the Author
Back Cover
Character List
Now that freedom has been won, the Watauga settlers labor to make their homes a part of the new nation. As new settlers pour into the rich land to stake out their own homesteads, the Cherokee fight to hold on to their way of life. While Hawk and Elizabeth Spencer find themselves torn between their Cherokee friends and those who work to make their settlement into the state of Franklin, they must also help the next generation find their place over the Misty Mountains.

Hannah Spencer —The youngest daughter of Hawk and Elizabeth finds her heart torn between two young men. When one seems to lose his way, she must rely on her faith in God to show him the way home.
Nathanael “Fox” Carter —After losing his father and fleeing in fear from the only home he has ever known, he must travel over the mountains with his mother to rejoin her family. Here he finds himself torn between two heritages, not seeming to belong to either. As loneliness and anger push him toward a violent future, his only hope lies in the faith of a young heart.
Ethan Cagle —Love seems sure to be his until a young man of mixed heritage arrives in Franklin. Only a secret love can stop him from following jealousy down a dangerous path.
Eve Martin —Her quiet spirit and shy nature hide a sensitive and loving heart. In order to help the one she loves, she must put aside her own dreams and risk losing him forever.
Awinita —She must return to the land of her people to save her son, but a dangerous love from her past could destroy them both.
Sequatchie —He must summon every ounce of his faith to help his nephew find his way. But all he holds dear is threatened when an old enemy returns seeking vengeance.
Akando —Hatred and bitterness have always been his tools in trying to drive the white man back over the mountains. When a past love spurns him again, he sets in motion actions that could ignite the flames of war.
Naaman Carter —He wants what rightfully belongs to his nephew. And greed and jealousy will lead him into getting what he wants, no matter the cost.
Prologue
Late October 1781
Moving around the table and replenishing the food as it was consumed, Hulda was conscious, as always, of the antagonism that existed at the dining table of Havenwood Plantation. Meals were not pleasant occasions, for the most part, and as Hulda set a plate of ham down in front of Noah Carter, she scanned his face guardedly. Mr. Carter, he looks old. . . . She knew for a fact that he was sixty-nine and was not in good health. A wave of sadness swept over Hulda as she studied his lined face. He had been a good master to her, as he had been to all his slaves. Now as he sat at the table, still tall but stooped with age, she had a sad premonition that he would not be long on this earth. She stepped over beside Naomi Carter, Noah’s wife, and knew that the mistress of Havenwood was also well aware that her husband’s place at the end of the table would soon be empty.
Hulda lifted her eyes, and her lips drew tight as she looked across the table at Naaman Carter and his wife, Julia Mayhew Carter. Naaman, at the age of forty-one, was the younger of Noah and Naomi’s two sons. Naaman and Julia were the parents of Linus and Lydia, and of the four, Hulda had warm affections only for Lydia. The old servant woman had worried about Naaman, even when he was a small boy. He had been greatly spoiled by his mother and had grown up into a selfish man. He was fine looking, slim and nearly six feet tall with auburn hair and green eyes, but his good looks meant nothing to the slaves who had often tasted his harshness with the whip. His wife, Julia, had come from a wealthy family and, like her husband, cared only for her own comfort. Their son Linus was much like them, and only in Lydia did Hulda see traces of the goodness of the older Carters.
Hulda moved along filling the tea glasses and listening as the conversation went around the table. The Carters were her family, and she was jealous of anyone who threatened them.
“Where are the children?” Naomi spoke of her three grandchildren, Nathanael, Linus, and Lydia.
“They ate earlier. They are outside playing now,” Julia answered her mother-in-law’s query.
“Well, I’m glad the war seems to be finally over,” Noah said. His faded eyes grew bright for a moment, and he said, “It has been a long, hard struggle for freedom.”
Naaman glanced at his father and shook his head with a stubborn motion. “It’s only a matter of time until this new government collapses, Father.”
“That’s true,” Julia said quickly. “You’ll see the day that the Colonies will beg England to take them back under her banner.”
It was Naomi, not Noah, who answered these comments. She was always defensive of her husband and regretted that Naaman and his wife were so strongly opposed to the Revolution. She and Noah had both been proud of their older son, Titus, who had enlisted at the beginning of the struggle for freedom from the British crown. They had also come to approve of Titus’s marriage to a full-blooded Cherokee woman, Awinita, and both of them loved their grandson Nathanael, perhaps more than they loved their other grandchildren.
“This is going to be a free country!” Naomi said sternly. “We’re not going to be under the heels of the British anymore.”
Awinita, who was sitting next to her mother-in-law, smiled and put her hand on the older woman’s arm. “And Titus will be coming home soon.” She was a proud woman with a striking appearance. Her complexion was much fairer than most other Cherokee women, and her features were finely and beautifully formed. Her eyes were soft, a golden brown, and her hair a glossy ebony.
“Yes, daughter, I’m looking forward to that day,” Noah said heartily.
Hulda, replenishing the tea in Awinita’s glass, caught a glimpse of Naaman’s and Julia’s faces. They won’t be glad—not them two! They’s for that ol’ king and always was!
An awkward silence fell over the table, and a tall black man appeared at the dining room door, saying, “They’s a gentleman to see you, Mr. Noah.”
“A gentleman! Who is it, Holder?”
“I don’t know, sah. He be a soldier.”
“Maybe it’s news about Titus,” Awinita sighed.
“Show him in at once,” Noah said, and every eye turned to the door.
The soldier who entered was a slight man of some fifty years. He stopped abruptly, glancing nervously around the table. “My name is Lieutenant Johnston,” he said. “I’m looking for Mr. Noah Carter.”
“I’m Noah Carter. What can I do for you, Lieutenant Johnston?”
The soldier licked his lips nervously. “I-I’d rather have a meeting with you in private.”
Instantly everyone in the room knew something was wrong. Hulda looked around the table and saw fear in the faces of Titus’s parents.
“What does it concern, Lieutenant?” Naomi Carter asked quietly.
Lieutenant Johnston hesitated. “I . . . I have very bad news,” he said.
Awinita said quietly, “Is it about my husband, Titus Carter?”
Lieutenant Johnston turned to face her. He hesitated again, then shrugged his shoulders. “I’m sorry to be the bearer of such terrible news, but I must tell you, Mrs. Carter . . . that your husband was killed at Yorktown—just before the British surrendered.”
A single cry escaped Naomi’s lips, and she reached out and took her husband’s hand. Noah