Captivity and Restoration

Published in 1682 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson was one of the first books published in the New World. It became a best seller in the New World and in England and went through fifteen editions by 1800.  It is a narrative of her capture and imprisonment by Native Americans during King Philip's War.
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