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The Legend of the White Doe

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The book is set in the New World on an island. This book tells a story about a girl named Virginia Dare, who was the first English child born in the New World. Her mother died when she was five, and then she was adopted by an Indian woman who renamed her Ulalee. When she was grown, she was the prettiest girl. Every man wanted to marry her, but she only fell in love with one, whose name was Okisko. On their wedding day, her adoptive father said Ulalee had already been spoken for by Cipo, the ugly medicine man. Ulalee and Okisko decided to run away from Cipo, but they forgot he was a powerful medicine man. They also had forgotten how mad they had already made him.

This is a good book, but the real excitement starts in the middle. It is a nice short book and I would recommend it to people who like suspense and like to read.

This is an EXCELLENT book thats very well written. Its a shame that so many people have no idea who Virginia Dare was.

The White Doe: The Fate of Virginia Dare was written by Sallie Southall Cotten in 1901. Mrs. Cotten was a very active woman in North Carolina history. Her book is written in the form of poetry and is available from an antique books website. It is my understanding that the legend of the white doe has been around for a very long time. I don't know if Mrs. Cotten was the first to write the white doe/Virginia Dare connection, but this is a very old story and I have discovered several versions in just brief browsing on the internet. One of John Jakes novels was based on an old book Johnny Tremain. I haven't read the book I am reviewing, but how much can one borrow from previous authors?The Legend of the White Doe

I last read this book when I was nine but I have loved this story. I like the way the author comes up with explanations about what happened with the lost colonists. It mixes history and legend too.