The Unredeemed Captive
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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. |
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