Finding the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: A Novel Based on a True Story

by R C Nidever

Overview

R.C. Nidever's novel is based on the true story of a California Indian woman left alone on a remote island in the year 1835 and the man, George Nidever, who finally found her. Based on the same story as the well-known book for young adults Island of the Blue Dolphins, but told much more completely and from a completely different perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781935807261
Publisher:	Stansbury Publishing
Publication date:	04/14/2017
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	4.80(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

R.C. Nidever was born in Sacramento, California. He attended American River College and the University of California, Los Angeles, is a former journalist and magazine editor, and lives in a small northern California town.

Table of Contents

The Perspective of an Old Pioneer, 7

A Different World, 23

Mission Indians, a Señorita, and a Ship, 33

April 10, 1835, 43

Alone and Forgotten, 59

A Ship Visits San Nicolas, 85

A Reason to Return, 93

Footprints, 101

Believing the Unbelievable, 115

A Whole New World for Juana Maria, 133

The Last Nicoleño?, 147

Final Chapter, 161

For as Long as Stories Are Told, 161

Author’s Note, 179

Acknowledgments, 185

About the Author, 185

Editorial Reviews

Based on the same true story as my favorite childhood book Blue Dolphins, but told here much more completely and from a different perspective. A moving, haunting and beautifully written book. --Judi Loren Grace, author of The Third Floor and Rita's Road

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