title: A Willing Heart (Souls of Indenture) (Volume 1)
author:  Mary Andersen 
description: <span>"... entertaining and inspirational.... makes this period of history come alive... Her research... has resulted in a fascinating and compelling saga. John and Sarah are fun to watch as they learn to adapt to each other's idiosyncrasies. I think my favorite character, however, is Aunt Elizabeth... and Amos, the ship's cook who befriends Sarah on her voyage. Elizabeth's a treasure and a rarity for those times, and Amos is all heart... a marvelous piece of historical fiction. A Willing Heart is highly recommended."</span><br> -- 5 STARS (READERS' FAVORITE)<br /><br />"I can't say enough about Andersen's use of historical facts. Not only are they accurate, but they are woven into the story in a believable manner. Truly, Andersen's use of historical facts is some of the best I've read in a long time, and her writing style is easy and enjoyable to read... The historical details are spot on, the romantic relationship between John and Sarah is endearing, the characters are drawn well, and Andersen's sentence structure and prose is well done and makes for easy, enjoyable reading."<br> --- DONNA PORTER, author of Keeping Secrets (Children of the Light - Book 1)
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  # The Sea Lions; or, The Lost Sealers Volume 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### James Fenimore Cooper
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE.
  
  
  CHAPTER I.
  
  
  CHAPTER II.
  
  
  CHAPTER III.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV.
  
  
  CHAPTER V.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX.
  
  
  CHAPTER X.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV.
  
  
  CHAPTER XV.
  
  
  
  
  
  Daughter of Faith, awake, arise, illume
  
  
  The dread unknown, the chaos of the tomb;
  
  
  Melt, and dispel, ye spectre doubts, that roll
  
  
  Cimmerian darkness o'er the parting soul!
  
  
  Campbell
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### PREFACE.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  If any thing connected with the hardness of the human heart could
  
  
  surprise us, it surely would be the indifference with which men live
  
  
  on, engrossed by their worldly objects, amid the sublime natural
  
  
  phenomena that so eloquently and unceasingly speak to their
  
  
  imaginations, affections, and judgments. So completely is the
  
  
  existence of the ind