Families of Two Fires: Forging America's Frontier 1776-1832

In Families of Two Fires, Randall Wisehart tells a fictionalized version of the true tale of Richard Rue and George Holman, whose families came to Kentucky in 1776.  As part of George Rogers Clarks militia, the young men fought the British and their Native allies in several battles, including at Vincennes, thus helping win the Revolutionary War.

Grades 7-12. 207 pages, Paperback.  2023, The Indiana Historical Society Press. 

By Randall Wisehart.