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Considered to be America's first best-seller, the Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (also known as The Sovereignty and Goodness of God) tells a harrowing true story captivity and escape. During King Philip's War, a woman in Colonial Massachusetts... Read Full Overview

Bringing together an original 1682 narrative, documenting a Puritan womans captivity among Native Americans in southeastern New England during King Philips War, with 21 supportive documents, Sovereignty and Goodness of God, highlights todays scholars understanding of issues... Read Full Overview

Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God , first published in 1682, is an English Puritan woman's account of her captivity among Native Americans during Metacom's War (1675-76) in southeastern New England. In this volume, 17 related documents support Rowlandson's... Read Full Overview

Considered the first American "bestseller", "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God" follows Mary Rowlandson's three month holding by the American Algonquian Indians. The first by an Anglo-American woman, Mrs. Rowlandson's narrative remains a classic tale of captivity, which... Read Full Overview

The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson is a classic work of American literature, first published in 1682. Written by Mary Rowlandson , the narrative tells the story of her time spent in captivity by Native Americans during King Philip's War in... Read Full Overview

The year was 1675. The place Lancaster, Massachusetts. Mrs. Mary Rowlandson's life was about to be shattered. This is her telling of the horrors and heartaches of her captivity during King Phillip's War and her eventual restoration to the remainder of her family. Newly updated... Read Full Overview

Mary Rowlandson was a colonial American who was famously captured by Native Americans during King Philip's War in 1676. Rowlandson was held for nearly three months before being ransomed. In 1682, Rowlandson wrote a book on her experiences while she was being held captive. The... Read Full Overview

Mary (White) Rowlandson was a colonial American woman who was captured during an attack by Native Americans during King Philip's War and held ransom for 11 weeks. After being released, she wrote A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, also known... Read Full Overview

The sovereignty and goodness of GOD, together with the faithfulness of his promises displayed, being a narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, commended her, to all that desires to know the Lord's doings to, and dealings with her. Especially to her... Read Full Overview

Mary Rowlandson was a colonial American woman captured by Native Americans in 1676 and held for 11 weeks before being ransomed. In 1682, six years after her ordeal, The Sovereignty, and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson... Read Full Overview

Mary White Rowlandson (1637-1711) was a colonial American woman who was captured by Native Americans during King Philip's War. After her release, she wrote a book about her experience, Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, considered a seminal work... Read Full Overview

Mary (White) Rowlandson was a colonial American woman who was captured during an attack by Native Americans during King Philip's War and held ransom for 11 weeks and 5 days. After being released, she wrote A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson,... Read Full Overview

"THE FIRST AMERICAN BESTSELLER"Mary Rowlandson, a colonial American captured during King Philip's War and held for 11 weeks before being ransomed, wrote of her ordeal in The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson... Read Full Overview

""A Narrative Of The Captivity And Restoration Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson"" is a memoir written by Mary Rowlandson, an English colonist who was taken captive by Native Americans during King Philip's War in 1675. The book chronicles her experiences during her eleven-week captivity... Read Full Overview

Considered the first American "bestseller", this early captivity narrative follows Mary Rowlandson's three month holding by the American Algonquian Indians. The first by an Anglo-American woman, Mrs. Rowlandson's "Narrative" remains a classic. Captivating to readers since its... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview