The Diary of Mary Jemison: Captured by the Indians
- ISBN-10
- 0761410104
- ISBN-13
- 9780761410102
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cavendish Square Publishing
- Author
- Mary Jemison
Description
The experiences, based on her own account, of Mary Jemison who was captured by a Shawnee war party when she was twelve and subsequently rescued and adopted by the Seneca with whom she chose to remain the rest of her long life.
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