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A narrative of the adventures and sufferings, of John R. Jewitt : only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka Sound : with an account of the manners, mode of living, and religious opinions of the natives.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jewitt, John R. (John Rodgers), 1783-1821.
Contributor:
Alsop, Richard, 1761-1815.
Series:
Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 35018.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indian captivities.
Nuu-chah-nulth Indians.
Nootka Sound (B.C.).
Physical Description:
204 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Middletown [Conn.] : Printed by Seth Richards, 1815.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
"Written by ... Richard Alsop ... [who] drew from Jewett his story, during repeated interviews."
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 35018).
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