Research Catalog

Title

American captivity narratives : selected narratives with introduction / Olaudah Equiano, Mary Rowlandson, and others ; edited by Gordon M. Sayre.

Publication

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

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Additional Authors

• Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-
• Rowlandson, Mary White, approximately 1635-1711.
• Sayre, Gordon M. (Gordon Mitchell), 1964-
• Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797

Description

x, 453 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

"This volume collects a wide variety of works from a uniquely American literary tradition, the captivity narrative. Beginning with an excerpt from Hans Staden's The True History of His Captivity, which influenced the American captivity narrative, this volume presents accounts by early settlers held captive by Native Americans (Mary Rowlandson, John Smith), narratives by African American slaves (Olaudah Equiano, John Marrant), and others. Collected with the real-life accounts are two captivity poems by Lucy Terry and John Rolling Ridge, and several popular tales and legends on the subject."--Google.

Series Statement

New Riverside editions

Uniform Title

New Riverside editions.

Subject

• Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
• Rowlandson, Mary White, approximately 1635-approximately 1678
• Centro para la Promoción de la Conservación del Suelo y del Agua Buenos Aires
• Indian captivities > North America
• Captivity narratives > North America

Genre/Form

Personal narratives.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

From the true history of his captivity (1557) / Hans Staden -- From La Florida (1605) / Garcilaso de la Vega -- From The generall history of Virginia (1624) / John Smith -- Novum Belgium (1655) / Isaac Jogues -- "A veritable account of the martyrdom and blessed death of father Jean de Brébeuf and of Father Gabriel Lalemant" (1649) / Christophe Regnaut -- Preface to the reader / Increase Mather -- The sovereignty and goodness of God (1682) / Mary Rowlandson -- "A notable exploit" (1702) / Cotton Mather -- "A narrative of Hannah Swarton" (1702) / Cotton Mather -- From A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) / Henry David Thoreau -- A narrative of the lord's wonderful dealings with John Marrant (1785) / John Marrant -- From the interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano (1784) / Olaudah Equiano -- An account of the remarkable occurrences in the life and travels of Col. James Smith (1799) / James Smith -- Miss McCrea: a novel of the American Revolution (1784) / Michel René Hilliard d'Auberteuil -- "Bars fight" (1855) / Lucy Terry -- "The stolen white girl" (1868) / John Rollin Ridge -- "The Indian captive" from Columbian almanac (1838) -- Gertrude Morgan: or life and adventures among the Indians of the far west (1866) -- From Geronimo's Story of his life (1906) / S.M. Barrett.

ISBN

0395980739 (paper)

LCCN

^^^99056706^

OCLC

• 42888035
• SCSB-12099789

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library