Captured by Indians, Mary Rowlandson
Captured by Indians, Mary Rowlandson
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Captured by Indians
A True Account by Mary Rowlandson

Author: Mary Rowlandson

Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie

Unabridged: 1 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2003


Synopsis

In February of 1675 Narragansett Indians lay siege to Mary Rowlandson's village. Most were killed. "The bullets flying thick, one went through my side, and the same through the bowels of my dear child in my arms." This marvelous reading of her account, descriptive and mindful of the will of God, is a very powerful audiobook.

Mary Whitewas born in about 1637 in England. Her Puritan parents emigrated to Massachusetts in 1639. She married Joseph Rowlandson, the pastor of Lancaster, in the 1650s. Metcom's (King Philip's) War erupted in 1675 as Wampanoag, Narragansett and Nipmuck Indians rebelled against European expansion and forced conversion to Christianity. As a hostage Mary became the most important British political prisoner and she was the first to be ransomed.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah

Wait - this woman essentially goes through hell and back, and she manages to hang onto her knitting the whole time? I'm calling shenanigans.......more

Goodreads review by Tina

Two stars only for the unintentional comic value. Ah, only a Puritan could write this. You wouldn't think a 50 page piece could be that redundant, but oh, how it is. She basically talks about the food she eats and how much she loves god and how evil the Native Americans are, even though they don't t......more