A MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL. AN EXTRAORDINARY FAITH.

The Leininger family settled deep within America's new frontier, in the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvannia. They were celebrating their blessings, their faith and a bountiful harvest when their family was torn apart by the Penn's Creek Massacre. When Barbara and Regina are carried away and separated by Allegheny warriors, both sisters rely on their faith in God's truth, even in their darkest hour. Rich in historical details, Alone Yet Not Alone is an inspirational, true story of a family caught in the cross fire of the French and Indian war.


The Leninger family was counting their blessings of a bountiful harvest in the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania in October, 1755.   Based on a true story, their family is one of those attacked in the Penn’s Creek Massacre.  Barbara and Regina, the two daughters, survived the attack but were captured by the American Indians that killed their father.  What follows next is the story of captivity that many women and children endured in the history of our young country.  They were not allowed to speak English, forced to learn the language of their captors.  Blonds, like Barbara, had their hair died and their skin tinted to fit into the Indian culture.  When they became old enough they were to be wives.

One of Barbara’s last memories of her family was singing a special hymn with their mother:

“My first draft of Alone Yet Not Alone was written when I was nine years old.”  Author, Tracy Leininger Craven is the granddaughter of Barbara, the girl captured by the American Indians in 1755.  Her grandmother first told her the story as part of their family history.  Tracy loves  spending her free time in the great outdoors with her husband David and their three children.