Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

By Rowlandson, Mary White

Book Id: WPLBN0002950212
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File Size: 53.86 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Author:	Rowlandson, Mary White
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, History, Memoirs
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Historic Publication Date:	1682
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago White Rowlandson, B. M. (1682). Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
This is the story of Mary Rowlandson’s capture by American Indians in 1675. It is a blunt, frightening, and detailed work with several moments of off-color humor. Mary, the wife of a minister, was captured by Natives during King Philips War while living in a Lancaster town, most of which was decimated, and the people murdered. See through her eyes, which depict Indians as the instruments of Satan. Her accounts were a best-seller of the era, and a seminal work, being one of the first captivity narratives ever published by a woman. Without works such as hers, there would likely not be many modern works inspired by similar themes, such as The Searchers, starring John Wayne.(Summary by Matthew Scott Surprenant )

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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History, Memoirs