Held captive by Indians : selected narratives, 1642-1836 / edited by Richard VanDerBeets.

"Among the early white settlers, accounts of Indian captivities and massacres became America's first literature of catharsis - a means by which a population that disapproved of fiction and play-acting could satisfy its appetite for stories about other people's misfortunes. This collec...

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Other Authors: VanDerBeets, Richard.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1994]
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Call Number: E85 .V36 1994
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