{"product_id":"held-captive-by-indians-selected-narratives-1642-1836-paperback-1","title":"Held Captive By Indians: Selected Narratives, 1642-1836 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Vanderbeets\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The brilliant introductory essay [and] the superb editing . . . combine to make the book a valuable contribution to American history and literature.\"-\u003ci\u003ePacific Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The value of this gruesomely fascinating collection is inestimable. . . . This is a book for both the scholar and casual reader who wants something out of the ordinary.\"-\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The best of the genre that has appeared, . . . comprehensive, well-edited, and thoroughly useful.\"-Russell B. Nye \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 collection of unaltered captivity narratives, first published in 1973, remains an invaluable source of information for historians and ethnologists, providing a fascinating glimpse of a vanished era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For this revised edition, VanDerBeets has written a new preface discussing the proliferation of recent scholarship about captivity narratives, especially those written by women. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong 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 collection of unaltered captivity narratives, first published in 1973, remains an invaluable source of information for historians and ethnologists, providing a fascinating glimpse of a vanished era. For this edition, VanDerBeets has written a new preface discussing the proliferation of recent scholarship about captivity narratives, especially those written by women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard VanDerBeets, a specialist in early American literature, was emeritus professor of English at San Jose State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9.2 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 1984\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47292862234873,"sku":"9780870498404","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/BKzb4rIyFi9780870498404_691ed4d6-f5d2-4488-b367-86fee92425e0.webp?v=1769171032","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/held-captive-by-indians-selected-narratives-1642-1836-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}