The Unredeemed Captive by John Demos

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The Unredeemed Captive by John Demos

The setting for this haunting and encyclopedically researched work of history is colonial Massachusetts, where English Puritans first endeavored to civilize a savage native populace. There, in February 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.Out of this incident, Bancroft Prize-winning historian John Devos has constructed a gripping narrative that opens a window into North America where English, French, and Native Americans faced one another across gulfs of culture and belief--and sometimes crossed over.

Yale University's Samuel Knight Professor of History is John Demos. He is the author of The Unredeemed Capture and Entertaining Satan, which won the Bancroft Prize.

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ISBN 13 9780679759614
ISBN 10 0679759611
Title The Unredeemed Captive
Author John Demos
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 1995-03-28
Number of pages 336
Prizes Winner of Francis Parkman Prize 1995, Short-listed for National Book Awards 1994, Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards 1994
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.