Wilderness Path

28-34 Final Chapters

As we bring the plots of settlers, Mennonites, Catholics, Lenape, and tribal leaders to a close. We hear many themes (whether fiction or fact) still ring true in the human condition. This final reading leaves the reader pondering what could be different in our regard for one another that would change the future course of history.

Chapter 26 & 27

Home of Die Bergfrau and On the Susquehanna - these two chapters give lens into the readers maternal and paternal lineages from Oley Valley (setting of settlers in Wilderness Path) and Marysville, along the Susquehanna. And, of course, this brings up interesting topics to discuss along the way!

Chapters 24 and 25

These chapters are read - heart wrenching stories unfold and the reader discusses, shortly, the probability of the stories having occurred - shedding real tears, blood, and sweat to mix into the power of the land.

Chapters 21, 22, 23

These chapters were read - following the movement of the moons across the sky through winter and into new adventures: deep in the hearts of the settlers and far across the lands of the Lenape.

18, 19, 20

Reader reads aloud chapters 18-20 with a special guest reader, Michael Wann, who read the book aloud to her and her daughter in early 2023. The reader then shares the parallel events that occurred in alignment with the chapters as they passed. She also shares new developments of significance that weave back into MJ’s subtle novel magic!