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Mary E. Dawson is the author of two prize-winning novels, "The River Way Home: The Adventures of the Cowboy, the Indian, and the Amazon Queen," which is now available at Amazon.com and "Code Name Nanette," which is in production.
A former professional photographer, editor for NASA, community activist, elected official, and attorney, Mary searched from New Orleans, to Seattle, to Houston, and Miami, before she found the place she calls home - a small remnant of Florida's last frontier, which she shares with friends, family, and a black-and-tan hound that wandered in out of the Allapattah Flats one sunny afternoon.
You can reach Mary with questions and requests at www.MaryEDawson.com or by email at Mary@MaryEDawson.com.
Reviewed by Melinda Hills for Readers' Favorite
At the dedication ceremony of a new state conservation area, an old Florida cow hunter tells a tale of the early days of settlement and growth in the Stuart and Indian River areas. Relating the adventures of three young teens, the cowboy, the Indian and the Amazon queen, the cowboy provides a vivid description of what was considered ‘frontier life’ in the early twentieth century in The River Way Home by Mary E. Dawson.
An African-American girl, who comes from Baltimore, meets a local white boy and a Seminole Indian boy and they become close friends with a great deal in common. In Queenie’s quest to learn as much as she can about her new environment, she goes with the boys on a fishing trip on Lake Okeechobee where they are stranded because of an intense, fast moving thunder storm. Surviving alligators, a panther, and the elements, they make their way further down the lake to meet up with a trail that will take them back home. Running into a couple of outlaws, they are forced to move farther to the east where they find a Seminole camp, see the big town for the first time, join up with another boy, and end up at the ocean. Their adventures continue and provide each of them with a look at what they will be and do in the future.
This is a remarkably well-told tale that brings the past to life. The characters are incredibly real and it is easy to join in their joys, sorrows, fear, and excitement. The River Way Home is an excellent story for both younger and older readers and offers so much more than just a simple tale.
