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The ransom of Mercy Carter / Caroline B. Cooney.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 1137
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cooney, Caroline B.
Contributor:
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Indians of North America.
Mohawk Indians.
Indian captivities.
Deerfield (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Juvenile fiction.
Deerfield (Mass.).
Deerfield (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction.
Indian captivities--Fiction.
Mohawk Indians--Fiction.
Massachusetts--History--Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713--Fiction.
Indians of North America--Québec (Province)--Fiction.
United States--History--Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713--Fiction.
Indian captivities--Massachusetts--Juvenile fiction.
Indian captivities--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Mohawk Indians--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--Québec (Province)--Juvenile fiction.
Canada.
Massachusetts.
Genre:
Fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Physical Description:
249 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
Advance reading copy.
Place of Publication:
New York : Delacorte Press, [2001]
Summary:
In 1704, in the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Mercy and her family and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, where some adapt to new lives and some still hope to be ransomed.
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
ISBN:
0385326157
OCLC:
44391444

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