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Lifetime: 1637 - 1711 Passed: ≈ 313 years ago

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Mary White Rowlandson

Books by Mary White Rowlandson

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Cover image

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

History Memoir Non-Fiction
Puritanism Survival Resilience Colonial America Indian Wars Frontier Life Native American history Pioneer women Captivity narrative King Philip's War

Mary Rowlandson's Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration is a harrowing and deeply moving account of her experience as a captive of Native Americans during King Philip's War. Rowlandson, the wife of a Puritan minister, was captured along with her...