Indian captive

the story of Mary Jemison

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Indian captive

the story of Mary Jemison

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A fictional retelling of the experiences of twelve-year-old Mary Jemison, who after being captured by a Shawnee war party during the French and Indian War, is rescued and subsequently adopted by two Seneca sisters with whom she ultimately chooses to stay.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
298

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Indian captive
Indian captive: the story of Mary Jemison
1995, HarperTrophy, a Division of HarperCollins
in English
Cover of: Indian captive
Indian captive: the story of Mary Jemison
1994, HarperCollins Publishers
in English

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Table of Contents

Come what may
Long journey
Fort Duquesne
Seneca town
Lost in sorrow
Singing bird
Slow weaving
Second captivity
By the falling waters
Old fallenash
Running deer
Porcupine quills
Willing sacrifice
New cooking pot
Rattlesnake
Born of a long ripening.

Edition Notes

Paperbound.

"First Harper Trophy edition, 1995."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]).

Published in
New York, NY
Genre
Juvenile fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
B
Library of Congress
E87 .J49L 1995, PZ7.L54 In

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, [2], 298, [4] p. :
Number of pages
298

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24210633M
ISBN 10
0064461629
ISBN 13
9780064461627
LCCN
41051956
OCLC/WorldCat
32297231

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1526395W

First Sentence

"Molly looked up at her father."

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