Reviewing THE PURSUIT OF TAMSEN LITTLEJOHN by Lori Benton

Reviewing THE PURSUIT OF TAMSEN LITTLEJOHN by Lori Benton
    This is a book that IS hard to put down!  Loved the story and the way she wove scriptures throughout not only conversations, but descriptions of where the story was taking place. You could almost feel you were there in the time period, which was 1787.  She described the clothing beautifully and you could almost see the situations the characters found themselves in.  It is a sweet, tender, humorous book.  Or, in my opinion at least, like, "say something full of brains and dazzle like, "huh?""
    She covers all the subjects "in good taste" but you still get the "point"; i.e. when Tamsen is rescued in the early stages of the book and to travel together appropriately they 'marry' but situations that follow lead you to know what a struggle 'keeping your word' means, and yet the author handles every situation so that you are really pleased with her characters.  Even though written in the 1700's, the morality is the same, or should be the same, today.
    Some of her interesting 'descriptions' that greatly broadened my knowledge of verse and often brought a smile are:  it was a blink and a sneeze 'till autumn; he hobbled that thought; he stopped, chary of barging in; the scalp-creeping feeling; stick to him like stink on a skunk; be back in a shake; and last but not least, soundless as a landed fish.
   Another thing that I was not familiar with, and my husband who is a 'history buff' did not recall it either, was the reference the author makes to the "State of Franklin".  It was very interesting to learn something the history books/teachers had not taught, or certainly that we did not remember them teaching.  The book is not 'political' but it was a very interesting point that held the trials and troubles of the people captive in those days.
   I highly recommend all ages to read this book.  I received it free to review, from Blogging for Books, Multnomah.  

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