The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America
by John Demos
2021-01-01 00:34:54
The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America
by John Demos
2021-01-01 00:34:54
Nominated for the National Book Award, this book is set in colonial Massachusetts where, in 1704, a French and Indian war party descended on the village of Deerfield, abducting a Puritan minister and his children. Although John Williams was eventuall...
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Nominated for the National Book Award, this book is set in colonial Massachusetts where, in 1704, a French and Indian war party descended on the village of Deerfield, abducting a Puritan minister and his children. Although John Williams was eventually released, his daughter horrified the family by staying with her captors and marrying a Mohawk husband.
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