The Account of Mary Rowlandson and Other Indian Captivity Narratives
- ISBN-10
- 048613623X
- ISBN-13
- 9780486136233
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-03-08
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Mary Rowlandson
Description
Rowlandson's famous account of her abduction by the Narragansett Indians in 1676 is accompanied by three other narratives of captivity among the Delawares, the Iroquois, and the Indians of the Allegheny.
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- 2005-09-13
- 112 pages
- Paperback
- Courier Corporation
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