Greetings: I thought some of you might be interested in this: Outrageous Women of Colonial America, by Mary Rodd Furbee, has been published by John Wiley & Sons. The paperback book is geared for childrenages 9-14. Shawnee Capitive: The Story of Mary Ingles, a second book by Furbee, has also been released by Morgan Reynolds Publishing of North Carolina. Outrageous Women of Colonial America features 14 women of diverse regions, races, professions and backgrounds, a majority of whome were involved in or heavily impacted by the colonial wars -- from conflicts between white settlers and Native Americans to the Revolutionary War. Some, of the featured women, for example First Lady Abigail Adams and religious dissident Anne Hutchinson, are well-known historical figures. Other women featured in the book are comparatively obsure, for example the Wampanoag chief Weetamoo of New England who led her tribe in battle against encroaching white settlers and Anne Bailey a female scout on the western Virginia frontier during the "Indian Wars." Furbee also is the author of Women of the American Revolution (Lucent Books) and the forthcoming Outrageous Women of the American Frontier (Wiley). She is also a clinical instructor and public-relations specialist at the West Virginia University School ofJournalism. The books can be purchased via wiley.com, morganreynolds.com, amazon.com or through major bookstores or wholesalers such as Baker and Taylor or Ingram. Mary Rodd Furbee, WVU Clinical Instructor/Author 112 Martin Hall, School of Journalism West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506 1-304-293-3505, ext. 5403 [email protected] [email protected]