The ransom of Mercy Carter

Description:

In 1704, in the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Mercy and her family and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, where some adapt to new lives and some still hope to be ransomed.

subjects: Indians of North America,  United States Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713,  Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  Massachusetts Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713,  Indian captivities,  Mohawk Indians,  History,  Children's fiction,  Indians of north america, fiction,  United states, history, fiction,  Indian captivities, fiction,  Indians of north america, canada, fiction,  Massachusetts, history, fiction

Places: Massachusetts,  Deerfield (Mass.),  Canada,  United States,  Québec (Province)

Times: Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713,  Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775