TY - SER
KW - Native Americans
KW - French and Indian War
KW - Queen Alliquippa (c. 1670s/1700s-1754)
KW - Pontiac's Rebellion
KW - French Americans
KW - George Croghan (c. 1718-82)
KW - time travel
KW - Scottish Americans
KW - film industry
KW - Royal Proclamation of 1763
AU - Linda O. Johnston
AB - “Exterior shot, Fort Pitt—1768,” begins the story within a story, a screenplay by Josiah Pierce called <em>Point of Destiny</em> for which Hollywood executive Mariah Walker scouts film locations in Pittsburgh. When Mariah tours Point State Park with Josiah, he asks that she touch a remnant of the rampart wall of Ft. Pitt, which transports her to 1768. The rugged and masculine Thorn, fictitious star of the screenplay, soon rescues her from a near rape by two traders. Mariah quickly falls for Thorn, but, knowing that he dies in the screenplay, searches for ways to save the plot’s hero.
C1 - 1768-1990s
C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Ft. Pitt; Ft. Pitt Museum; Moon Twp.; Pittsburgh International Airport
C4 - Romance; Historical; Western
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - “Exterior shot, Fort Pitt—1768,” begins the story within a story, a screenplay by Josiah Pierce called <em>Point of Destiny</em> for which Hollywood executive Mariah Walker scouts film locations in Pittsburgh. When Mariah tours Point State Park with Josiah, he asks that she touch a remnant of the rampart wall of Ft. Pitt, which transports her to 1768. The rugged and masculine Thorn, fictitious star of the screenplay, soon rescues her from a near rape by two traders. Mariah quickly falls for Thorn, but, knowing that he dies in the screenplay, searches for ways to save the plot’s hero.
PB - Love Spell Books
PP - New York
PY - 1998
RN - Linda O. Johnston (1949— ), a Pittsburgh native, is both an attorney and writer of two dozen mystery and romance novels. She lives in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles.
EP - 363 p.
TI - Point in Time
ER -