An edition of Captivity and Restoration (1682)
The narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson.
First printed in 1682 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, & London, England. Now reprinted in facsimile; whereunto are annexed a map of her removes, biographical & historical notes, and the last sermon of her husband, Rev. Joseph Rowlandson.
By Mary White Rowlandson,Joseph Rowlandson,Larvae Editions,Timothy Harrington,Caroline D. Grimm,Henry S. Nourse,John Eliot Thayer,John Williams,Henry S. (Henry Stedman) 183 Nourse,John Eliot 1862-1933 Edt Thayer
Publish Date
1903
Publisher
J. Wilson and son]
Language
eng
Pages
52
Description:
In February 1676, during King Philip's War, the frontier village of Lancaster, Massachusetts, was attacked by a party of Nipmuck Indians and completely destroyed. As relief from Concord approached, the attackers withdrew, taking with them 24 captives, including Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and her three children. For almost three months the little family was forced to live with their captors and endure exposure to a New England winter.The youngest child, who had been injured during the attack, failed to survive. Eventually ransom was paid and the family released. Mrs. Rowlandson's account of her experience was published in 1682. It became a"best-seller" of its day and created a new literary genre, the captivity narrative. Such accounts were in part responsible for the mistrust and hatred of the Indians that plagued the country for centuries. It is also the first publication in English by a woman in the New World.
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People: Mary White Rowlandson (ca. 1635-ca. 1678), Mary White Rowlandson (ca. 1635-1711), Mary White Rowlandson (approximately 1635-1711)
Places: Lancaster (Mass.), Massachusetts, United States, Amérique du Nord
Times: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Colonial period. ca. 1600-1775, Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775, 17th century