The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright

Free Download Ann M. Little, "The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright "
English | ISBN: 0300218214 | 2016 | 304 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
An eye-opening biography of a woman whose life intersected with three distinct cultures in eighteenth-century America: colonial New England, French Canadian, and Native American

"Esther Wheelwright’s journey-from Puritan girl, to Wabanaki captive, to mother superior of the largest Catholic convent in French Canada-is one of the most fascinating personal stories in the annals of what we call ‘colonial history.’ Deeply researched, and wonderfully contextualized . . . [this book] opens a wide window on three major cultural venues, whose interplay defined and shaped a whole era."-John Demos, author of The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America
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